Andre ter Stegen has had a successful operation after suffering a rupture of the patella tendon in his right knee, the LaLiga club said on Monday. The 32-year-old Germany international was injured in Barca's 5-1 LaLiga win at Villarreal on Sunday and is expected to be out for at least eight months,

Barcelona will be without their captain and goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen for the rest of the season after the German suffered a serious knee ligament injury in Sunday’s 5-1 victory at Villarreal.

Barcelona and Germany goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is facing a long recovery after his club said Monday that he sustained a “complete rupture" of a tendon in his right knee that requires surgery.