According to the club Barcelona Spanish midfielder Marc-Andre ter Stegen is expected to be out for a long time after undergoing surgery for a “complete tear” in his knee tendon.
Barcelona said: “The tests carried out on the first-team player confirmed that… Marc-Andre ter Stegen He has a complete tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee and will undergo surgery on Monday afternoon. Once the procedure is complete, an update will be issued.
Ter Stegen was injured at the end of the first half when he landed badly on his right foot while trying to collect a cross, and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after medics intervened as he lay screaming in pain.
His fellow coach said: Hansi Flick After the meeting, the injury seemed “big and serious” without expecting the length of absence before undergoing the necessary tests.
“It doesn’t look good for Marc,” Flick said. “We have to wait for the full diagnosis, but it looks very serious.”
The 32-year-old was taken to a hospital near the La Ceramica stadium and RAC1 expects him to be out of action for up to eight months, meaning his season is over.
Ter Stegen, who became Germany’s first-choice goalkeeper after Manuel Neuer retired from international football, fell to the ground following a Villarreal corner kick and was replaced by Inaki Pena.
Ter Stegen joins a long list of injuries to the Catalan club, which has made an ideal start to the league season by winning all six of its matches so far, as he joins Uruguayan Ronaldo Araujo, Danish Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal, Dutchman Frenkie de Jong, Fermín López and new signing Dani Olmo.
