That's normal LL procedure, every club does this if a player is longer injured than 4 months. That it was even a topic in the press was entirely his fault, for he was offended Barca bought Joan as a replacement and made a fuss out of a normal rule.Then had to sign on his injury/de-registraton twice to help the broke Barca again.
Because he earns 16+4m a year and nobody is offering that salary to a goalkeeper.I dont watch football near as much as I used to up a few years ago, why's it such a deal to sell the guy? He's not the worst goalkeeper ever, bound to be snapped up by atleast decent clubs.
We do overpay far too often - we never ever learn our lesson. Stegen is among the 5 best paid goalies lol, that's fucking insane... I pray some EPL team take him - fuck it, we could even cover 20-30% of his wage if he goes away.Don't blame Ter Stegen for contracts offered to him by Barca boards.
They are a sleazy bunch. They make foolish decisions and overpay.
Then, after few years, they run smear press campaigns.
This is most likely what will happen... we might loan him out to one of Newcastle, Tottenham, Manchester United or Aston Villa (maybe Monaco) for 6 months with us covering 30ish %. IF he does well we might be able to shake him, but I'm not holding my breath...It will end up with Barca paying vast chunk of his salary for him to play elsewhere. Kick the decision 6 months forward. Everyone wins except Barca.
Our board is good that way. Just kick the bucket.