Manuel Neuer’s comeback is getting closer and closer. On Thursday, the FC Bayern captain took part in team training again for the first time.
The recovery of national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer took a long time, but now things could happen quickly with the 37-year-old making a comeback. As FC Bayern Munich announced on Thursday evening, Neuer was able to complete parts of team training again for the first time. “It’s a great feeling to be back on the pitch with my teammates. I was really looking forward to that,” the national goalkeeper was quoted as saying in a press release from his club.
There were signs of Neuer’s return
Sports director Christoph Freund had already announced Neuer’s imminent return on the sidelines of Munich’s DFB Cup game against Preußen Münster. Coach Thomas Tuchel was also confident after the game. Neuer is still “very positive because he believes that it will happen very, very quickly as soon as he is in team training, that he will be back and have what he needs for the competition.”
More complicated Healing process after breaking a leg
Now the Bayern captain could He suffered a broken lower leg on a ski tour in December last year had to complete parts of the training for the first time. It would be the end of a nine-month period of suffering with ups and downs.
In May of this year, the record champions announced that Neuer was making great progress I’m about to return to training soon. But then the healing process stalled. Neuer missed the start of the season and the goalkeeper also underwent metal removal from his fibula as planned. He then trained in isolation and specifically for goalkeepers.
Peretz as a solution to the goalkeeping problem
Because there was no immediate return to the training pitch in sight, FC Bayern had to solve its goalkeeping problem without Neuer after Yann Sommer and Alexander Nübel left the club. Finally The Munich team signed the Israeli Daniel Peretz, who stood between the posts for the first time in the cup against Münster. The number one in the season so far was Sven Ulreich, who would slip back into the second row if Neuer made a comeback.
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Source: BR24Sport on the radio September 28, 2023 – 7:54 p.m
