The Bundesliga is paused, the stars are currently with their national teams.
FC Bayern had to welcome two players back to Munich.
Munich - FC Bayern Munich * and the national teams: This has been a topic of its own for years.
Again and again there are points of friction due to a wide variety of topics.
The worst case occurs when an actor injures himself during an international trip.
After all, the clubs are dependent on their stars - and also pay their salaries.
That is why at FC Bayern there is always a certain concern about the missions at the associations.
As the current examples show: Not without reason!
Because four FCB internationals are currently struggling with injuries.
FC Bayern Munich: Injury concerns before the top game against Leipzig
To be fair, one has to say: Two of them have already arrived with injuries.
DFB captain Manuel Neuer suffered a capsule injury in the Supercup against Dortmund and has been struck since then.
Dayot Upamecano was substituted on Saturday against Hertha BSC - thigh injury.
That is why he traveled back to Munich from the French national team on Monday.
While national coach Hansi Flick already revealed at the press conference that Neuer would stay with the DFB and possibly play in the second or third World Cup qualifying game, Bayern colleague Thomas Müller was hit just as badly as France defender Upamecano: “Thomas Müller is leaving, he has an adductor injury, ”explained Flick.
He might have gotten fit for the third game against Iceland on September 8, but they didn't want to take any chances.
Probably also because Bayern are facing a top Bundesliga game - just three days later against RB Leipzig.
Flick knows only too well what that means.
Injuries in the national teams: FC Bayern has four reasons for concern
So Upamecano and Müller have left, Neuer posted - and Corentin Tolisso also comes. According to
RMC Sport,
the
French international
injured
himself
in training on Tuesday. Further details are not known, only one thing seems clear: the midfielder will not be there on Wednesday night against Bosnia-Herzegovina. News that you won't want to hear on Säbener Straße * before a top game - so the next chapter is currently emerging in the complicated relationship between Bayern and the national teams.
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