For Thomas Müller, the trip to Qatar was one to forget: Instead of playing for Bavaria, he tested positive for Corona.
The return trip was a special one - now FCB is missing it.
Thomas Müller was infected with the corona virus and was absent from FC Bayern at the Club World Cup.
The offensive man now has to be in quarantine and traveled back to Germany under special conditions.
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Munich - When the Bayern machine QR7401 touched down on the Erdinger Moos with cup number six on Friday morning, two familiar faces were not on board.
In addition to Thomas Müller * who tested positive, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic was also missing.
Instead of traveling back to Munich on the Sixtuple plane, Brazzo stayed in Qatar to personally take care of the return travel arrangements for Corona patient Müller.
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Thomas Müller landing in Munich.
He was possibly carrying his personal belongings in the red bag.
© Stefan Matzke / sampics
Since Qatar did not insist on a quarantine on site, the kicker (like every German citizen) has the right to enter Germany.
There he goes into quarantine at home, in Bavaria at least ten days are planned.
Müller probably misses Bayern against Bielefeld, Frankfurt and Lazio
The club officially announced: "After his return to Munich he will immediately go into quarantine.
FC Bayern * coordinated with the responsible authorities. ”In concrete terms, that meant: Müller, who was symptom-free according to tz information, was to be flown back to the state capital on Friday - isolated from the crew and pilots.
The three days that Müller has already served in the hotel in Doha cannot be offset against the German quarantine.
This means that the 31-year-old should miss his Reds against Bielefeld, in Frankfurt and probably also against Lazio.
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When Thomas Müller landed in Munich, the aircraft was thoroughly checked.
© Stefan Matzke / sampics
Martínez and Goretzka fit again - Gnabry with torn hamstring
But that's not all: FCB coach * Hansi Flick can now fall back on the recovered Javi Martínez and Leon Goretzka, but apart from Müller, the epidemic trip to the Middle East claimed another victim.
We're talking about Serge Gnabry, who was on the field for 64 minutes in the final, but not survived unscathed.
The bad news in the official wording: "The offensive player tore a muscle fiber in his left thigh in the final of the Club World Cup against UANL Tigres."
As a reminder: Bayern will face four games in just twelve days from Monday.
Jerome Boateng is also no longer available to Flick after the tragic death of his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend Kasia Lenhardt "until further notice," as Flick himself emphasized.
Curious: Although Boateng asked for an early departure after the drama on Wednesday, the defender was on board the team plane that landed in Munich on Friday morning with the World Cup trophy.
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J. Carlos Menzel López - * tz.de is part of the Ippen network.