The resumption of the Bundesliga is endangered for Bayern Munich due to new corona infections within the selection. Eight players have recently tested positive for the virus. Der Rekordmeister starts the second half of the season on January 7 with a game against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The club is according to Sky Deutschland currently in consultation with the German Football Association to see which youth players Bayern can supplement the A-selection with.
Manuel Neuer, Lucas Hernández, Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Omar Richards and Tanguy Nianzou have previously tested positive for the corona virus. Leroy Sané and Dayot Upamecano joined this on Tuesday. The staff was initially protected from corona, but BILD reports that team manager Kathleen Krüger, assistant coach Dino Toppmöller and three physiotherapists have now also been infected.
Bundesliga rules require at least 15 players to be available, including a goalkeeper. Due to the corona outbreak, the restart of the competition after the winter break for Bayern is in danger. Trainer Julian Nagelsmann cannot rely on Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon) and Bouna Sarr (Senegal), who represent their countries at the Africa Cup. Nagelsmann has only thirteen fit players from the A-selection at his disposal next Friday, when the Bundesliga game with Borussia Mönchengladbach is scheduled.
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Leroy Sané’s positive corona test is very inconvenient for Bayern, as the attacker is having a very strong season.
The leader of the Bundesliga may supplement the selection with registered youth players. Sky Deutschland reports that Bayern is currently in talks with the German Football Association to see who is eligible. Due to the significant increase in the number of infections due to the omikron variant, the necessary matches have been canceled in England in recent weeks. More and more clubs in other countries are also struggling with corona outbreaks. For example, Feyenoord and PSV in the Netherlands were forced to cancel their training camp and in Germany, in addition to Bayern, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hertha BSC and VfB Stuttgart are also dealing with positive corona cases.
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