Manuel Neuer continues to make strides towards dressing again. The goalkeeper has been training with Bayern after breaking his leg while skiing in December, an injury that kept him away from the playing fields and the German national team for almost a year.
In fact, even though his return is closer, the goalkeeper sees how his return is not as expected. Things have changed within the Manschaft and its figure is not what it used to be. Neuer was untouchable in his team, but his long absence left him in a different situation and caused him to lose his captaincy.
Julian Nagelsmann, German coach, confirmed that Neuer will not regain the captain’s armband if he returns to the national team. That honor will continue to fall to Barcelona’s Ilkay Gündogan.
“Ilkay will remain captain,” Nagelsmann said, as reported by Bild. “It’s important that we have continuity in this matter.”
The relationship between Nagelsmann and Neuer was not smooth and both fell out when Bayern, then the coach of the Bavarians, dismissed goalkeeping coach Tony Tapalovic after almost 12 years at the club.
In Neuer’s absence, Marc-André Ter Stegen has taken over the starting role in the German team and if it’s performance wise, there’s no reason to relegate him to the substitute position again after living in the shadow of the goalkeeper for several years. Bavaria.
Source: La Verdad
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