By Peter Weis@PeterVicey

Confirmed: Surgery to sideline ter Stegen for eight months or more

Newly anointed German national team #1 Marc André ter Stegen received a grim injury prognosis on Monday afternoon. 

 

FC Barcelona keeper Marc André ter Stegen will not be able to utilize his new #1 status on the German national team for quite some time. The 32-year-old was stretchered off in a La Liga match-up against Villarreal last night after hitting the deck without contact shortly before the end of the first half. On Monday, it was confirmed that ter Stegen suffered a torn patella tendon and is set for surgery today. 

The nature of the injury could sideline the 42-times-capped international for eight months or more. Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann - following Manuel Neuer's retirement from international football - will now need to chose a new #1 between the sticks. In the last international break, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's Oliver Baumann and VfB Stuttgart's Alexander Nübel backed ter Stegen up. 

With Eintracht Frankfurt keeper Kevin Trapp also sidelined indefinitely, Leipzig loan-out Janis Blaswich or Fulham's Bernd Leno could conceivably return to the German national team during the coming October international break. Germany U21 keepers Jonas Urbig (Köln), Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Felix Gebhardt (Regensburg), and Tjark Ernst (Hertha) might also be in line for promotion. 
 

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Post-match reaction SC FreiburgEggestein and Grifo emphasize need for improvement despite strong Freiburg start
Post-match reaction FC St. PauliSt. Pauli elated after earning first point: "We've arrived in the Bundesliga."
Post-match reaction RB Leipzig & St. PauliRose thanks St. Pauli fans for polite welcome: "No one showed us the middle finger."
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Post-match reaction VfL BochumZeidler explains 16h minute substitution of Masovic had nothing to do with injury
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Post-match reaction DFBFüllkrug: "A gift" to play with Wirtz and Musiala
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