Until just a few weeks ago, Manuel Neuer did not touch the Bayern Munich goal, but a serious injury at the beginning of December while skiing during his vacation days after being eliminated from the Qatar World Cup with the German team seriously complicated his football career. .at 36 years old.
With a contract until June 2024, Neuer’s future at Bayern is compromised. He will not only have to compete when he regains Swiss international Yann Sommer, a world-class goalkeeper signed from Borussia M’gladbach in the winter transfer window to fill his vacancy. At the age of 34, he signed until 2025.
In addition, Neuer was left without his most trusted man, his closest friend, in the technical staff after Bayern announced on January 23 the immediate dismissal of Toni Tapalovic, goalkeeping coach, “due to differences in our approach of cooperation”, according to the statement from the Bavarian club.
A long recovery process
Neuer’s entourage told German newspaper Bild earlier this week that the goalkeeper’s recovery process is ongoing and the aim is for him to be available on the first day of preparations for next season.
Neuer suffered a serious injury on December 9 after a bad injury while cross-country skiing in the alpine resort of Rosskopf (Bavaria). Both the player and Bayern reported a “fracture of the lower part of the right leg”, but a few weeks later, the German media mentioned a double open fracture of the tibia and fibula.
Nothing will ever be the same
Neuer, who turns 37 on March 27, has a long recovery process ahead of him and, when he returns to training, much will change at Säbener Strasse, Bayern’s facilities. Then he was unquestionable, something new since he arrived at the club in 2011 from Schalke.
“Manuel is a world-class goalkeeper, now we must give him all the time and rest he needs until he recovers,” said former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, Bayern’s general manager. Then the coach, Julian Nagelsmann, will have the last word, the difficult decision to choose between Neuer and Sommer.
Source: La Verdad
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