Bayern Munich will need every man available when they travel north to Dortmund next weekend for one of their most important league games of the season.
After Bayern’s 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, sporting director Max Eberl provided a hopeful update, which was reported by Abendzeitung’s Maximilian Koch (and captured by @iMiaSanMia. According to him, it is “not ruled out” that the currently sidelined Manuel Neuer and Konrad Laimer could return to the squad next week.
This would be surprising if
true, as Neuer was initially ruled out for at least three weeks following a calf injury he sustained against Werder Bremen last weekend. Meanwhile, Laimer was officially left out of the Frankfurt game due to “workload management” as reported by the club, but other reports suggest that he too has fallen victim to a calf injury.
With Alphonso Davies already out of commission for the moment, Laimer’s return would provide a welcome boost for Bayern’s extremely thin crop of full-backs. Neuer, though, can afford to take things more slowly, as Jonas Urbig has prove to be a reliable deputy.
