The German team is preparing for a phase without the two classic goalkeepers of recent years: Manuel Neuerwho in August announced his retirement from the ‘Mannschaft’ at the age of 38, and Marc ter Stegenwho will be out for almost eight months at the age of 32 due to a serious injury to his right knee that he suffered in Villarreal-Barça, a rupture of the patellar tendon. Bayern’s goalkeeper has been the undisputed starter in major events since 2009, with 124 caps, and the Blaugrana will have to settle for his usual substitute, despite all the additions of 42 caps. Now he is finally number 1.
In recent days there has been speculation in Germany about that possibility Neuer is reconsidering his retirement due to the injury of Ter Stegen. The Bayern goalkeeper was asked about this at the end of Bayern Munich-Bayer Leverkusen (1-1) of the Bundesliga and his answer did not seem to indicate a return to the national team, as he mentioned four candidates: “There is no reason to worry Oli Baumann (Hoffenheim, 34 years old) and Alex Nubel (Stuttgart, 27 years old) we have at least two good goalkeepers. They too Bernard Leno (Fulham, 32 years old) and Kevin Trapp (Eintracht, 34 years old), who is now injured.”
Even the midfielder Joshua Kimmich (29 years old) talked about possible substitutes for Ter Stegenalthough he washed his hands: “It’s very difficult to judge him now. I’ll be really honest. I don’t have enough knowledge about the goalkeeper position. I can’t judge him properly. Of course we will miss him a lot. Mark“.
Source: La Verdad
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