Deniz Undav in the game of VfB Stuttgart on the 2nd Bundesliga matchday against Borussia Mönchengladbach (The highlights are available on RTL+) injured on the knee. Now it comes out how long the cup winner will have to do without his attacker.
Bitter diagnosis for Deniz Undav: As “Bild” reports, the 29-year-old suffered an inner ligament tear in the left knee on Saturday. That means a downtime of four to six weeks.
The VfB’s three Bundesliga games against SC Freiburg (September 13th), FC St. Pauli (September 19) and 1. FC Köln (28.9.) As well as the Europa League start against RC Celta (25.9.) The second European duel against FC Basel (October 2) should be just as questionable as the league home game against Heidenheim (October 4))
It is also possible according to “Bild” that the attacker can only get into training during the international break in mid -October. From national coach Julian Nagelsmann he was for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia (September 4th) and Northern Ireland (September 7th, live at RTL) not called to the squad.
Undav loses its place in the DFB selection
Against Gladbach, the striker had twisted his knee in a duel, limping and supported by supervisors, he had to leave the place in the 14th minute. He followed the game with a thick ice cream bag on his knee.
Neither in the Supercup against FC Bayern (1-2), in the first cup round against second division Eintracht Braunschweig (8: 7 IE) and at the Bundesliga start against Union Berlin (1: 2), Deniz Undav had scored a goal. In all four competitive games of the still young season, he was in the starting formation of head coach Sebastian Hoeneß.
After his high-flyer season 2023/2024, when Deniz Undav collected 28 scorer points in 27 games in his first Bundesliga year and ballerted VfB Stuttgart to go to the runner-up championship, followed a much more difficult season. The number of goals in the season halved, and its place in the DFB squad has now gone to other attackers.