DFB goalkeeper - Doctor: Ter Stegen could be out for around two months after surgery
The attending physician generally assumes a break of around two months after an operation like the one performed on German international goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.
Amélie Léglise told the Spanish radio station Cadena Ser that this is the normal recovery time after an operation like the one performed on the 31-year-old. The Frenchwoman performed the back surgery on Friday. Léglise was referring to operations of this kind, not specifically to ter Stegen.
FC Barcelona announced after the operation that their German keeper had come through the procedure well. His return would depend on further developments.
Ter Stegen had missed the DFB team's two test matches against Turkey (2:3) and in Austria (0:2) due to back problems and also had to sit out Barça's subsequent matches. He had been in goal for the national team in eight of nine international matches this year until his absence in November.
Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said on Prime Video that he had not yet had any contact with his national team rival following ter Stegen's back surgery. "We are in regular contact," Neuer added on Prime Video.
Looking ahead to next year's European Championship at home and the competition with ter Stegen, the 2014 world champion explained: "I think you also have to understand that we're teammates, that we all want the same thing, that we want to try and play a great European Championship in our own country. And that we'll have a top goalkeeper between the posts, no matter how it turns out in the end."
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Source: www.stern.de
