Breathe a sigh of relief at FC Bayern and the German national team: Manuel Neuer will return to play at the weekend, provided nothing unforeseen comes up. Thomas Müller and Matthijs de Ligt, on the other hand, are still missing.
Breathe a sigh of relief at FC Bayern and the German national team: Manuel Neuer will return to play at the weekend, provided nothing unforeseen comes up. Thomas Müller and Matthijs de Ligt, on the other hand, are still missing.
Neuer had been absent for four weeks due to a shoulder injury – the goalkeeper’s intended return was repeatedly delayed, which is why concerns about his participation in the World Cup arose in the meantime. But now the 36-year-old is finally on the mend and, if everything goes according to plan, will return to the FC Bayern goal this weekend.
“If team training goes well today, Manu Neuer will ride and play. I assume so,” announced Julian Nagelsmann at the press conference on Friday afternoon (via tz). “You want to wait and see in the final training session “how your shoulder reacts” – but the national keeper’s course of the week “was good”, as Nagelsmann emphasized.
In addition to Neuer, two other Bayern stars will return against Hertha BSC: Leroy Sané and Lucas Hernandez will be back in the squad. “Not for the beginning, but we will definitely substitute them,” announced the Bayern coach.
A small drop of bitterness in this otherwise very positive personnel update are the absences of Thomas Müller and Matthijs de Ligt, who did not get fit in time after their injuries. “Matthijs’ knee reacted again yesterday, so we couldn’t increase the load,” said Nagelsmann about the Dutchman, who suffered a slight overstretching against Mainz last weekend.
Müller, whose body was recently only in “stop and go mode”, will also take a break at the weekend. The national player’s aim is to get back into the game against Werder Bremen during the week (Tuesday, November 8th). “We’ll have to see how he reacts after the reduced load,” Nagelsmann remained a bit hesitant.
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Source: Stern

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