Coach Kompany has to improvise
A bottleneck threatens: the next Bayern star is injured
01/15/2026 – 3:26 p.mReading time: 1 min.
FC Bayern has a thin squad. Now Konrad Laimer has also been seriously injured in the game against 1. FC Köln.
Konrad Laimer will be absent from FC Bayern Munich for a longer period of time. This was the result of an investigation on Thursday afternoon. The Austrian international tore a muscle fiber in his left calf in stoppage time in the away game against 1. FC Köln. The record champions did not communicate how long he would be missing. Basically it depends on the severity of the tear. Such an injury can last two to six weeks.
Coach Vincent Kompany is slowly running out of options in the full-back positions ahead of Saturday’s top game at RB Leipzig (from 6:30 p.m. in the t-online live ticker). Josip Stanišić is sidelined with an ankle injury. Sacha Boey was recently absent due to illness. Joshua Kimmich’s appearance is again questionable due to ankle problems.
The “kicker” brings Raphaël Guerreiro into play as a possible alternative and even Jonathan Tah and Tom Bischof as emergency solutions.
In Cologne, Vincent Kompany made full use of his substitutions and switched to 4-4-1 for the short minority, thus saving the 3-1 win over time.