Leader with six points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen seven days from the end and as we approach Inter Milan in C1, Bayern Munich faces a huge wave of injuries in the defensive sector. This Sunday morning, the Bavarians announced that the central defender Hiroki Itō suffered a new fracture of the metatarsus and will be sidelined for about three months. A big blow for Bavarian leaders.
“The news of Hiroki's serious injury strikes us all. He had just gotten back after months of rehabilitation and he is now absent for a long time. We provide him with all the support he needs (…) after Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano, Hiroki is the third defender to be put aside in a very short time. We will now pool all our resources to continue to pursue our objectives ”said club sports director Max Eberl.
Four injured in defense
Because, indeed, Dayot Upamecano was the victim of a lesion of the knee and cartilage joint and will be unavailable at least until the end of May. Just like Alphonso Davies. The German club announced that the Canadian left side, which extended its lease on February 4, would be far from the field for six to eight months due to a tear of the crossed ligaments. The situation is therefore serious, especially since the young Tarek Buchmann, injured in the shoulder, is also forfeited until the end of April.
And even if Bayern Munich was thinking of recruiting a free defender for a short time, Sky Sports announces that this would be impossible according to the regulations of the German Federation. Bundesliga clubs are not allowed to recruit players without contract during the second half of the season. Only Kim Min-Jae and Eric Dier are available and Vincent Kompany will therefore be brought to tinker with a fairly solid new central defense for a end of the season which is therefore very tense…
