{"id":763,"date":"2025-07-25T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:29:49","slug":"barcas-ter-stegen-faces-three-months-out-after-back-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/barcas-ter-stegen-faces-three-months-out-after-back-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Barca&#8217;s Ter Stegen faces three months out after back surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is set to undergo back surgery on a long-term problem and will miss three months as a result, the Germany international said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish champions signed Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia this summer, who is expected to become the team&#8217;s first choice, with Wojciech Szczesny as back-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today is a personally difficult day for me. Physically and athletically, I feel in very good shape, although unfortunately, I am not free from pain,&#8221; said Ter Stegen on social media network Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After intensive discussions with the FC Barcelona medical team and external experts, the quickest and safest way for me to fully recover is through back surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After my last operation on my back, I returned to the pitch after 66 days-almost two months\u2026 this time, the doctors believe about three months will be necessary as a precaution, to avoid any risks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanish media reported Barcelona were hoping to sell Ter Stegen, 33, who signed for the club in 2014, to help register new signings Garcia and Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, a long-term injury to defender Andreas Christensen allowed Barcelona to use a La Liga loophole to register playmaker Dani Olmo on a temporary basis after he signed from RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Emotionally, it hurts a lot not being able to support the team during this time. Fortunately, the rehabilitation is manageable and the road back is clear,&#8221; continued Ter Stegen. &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; I&#8217;ll be back.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is set to undergo back surgery on a long-term problem and will miss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}