Bad news for Bayern Munich: Leon Goretzka did not travel to the training camp in the USA. The knee is a problem.
After a two-year Corona break, Bayern Munich has embarked on a summer tour to the USA again. The German champions started their promotional trip to Washington and Green Bay on Monday afternoon at Munich Airport.
Matthijs de Ligt was not there, but he is about to sign the contract and, according to “Kicker” information, should come to the USA on Tuesday. Leon Goretzka was also absent due to knee problems. After the Sky TV channel had already reported on Monday afternoon that the midfielder had had an operation on his left knee, the club confirmed this on Monday evening.
Accordingly, an abnormality was found in Goretzka, which was eliminated arthroscopically. “The surgery went according to plan and was successful,” the club said. Goretzka missed Bayern’s USA tour. The club did not say how long he would be out.
However, a Sky reporter tweeted that the downtime would be six to eight weeks. According to “Kicker”, FC Bayern discussed in the winter how Goretzka’s knee problems could be solved.