New injury concerns: Bayern star has to stop training with an injury | OneFootball

FC Bayern can’t get a break defensively. Josip Stanisic has barely returned from injury when the record champions are threatened with another setback on the flanks

Josip Stanisic was back in the starting eleven last weekend in the 2-2 draw against Hamburger SV for the first time after a break of over two weeks. The Croatian had previously recovered from an ankle injury and was supposed to provide new stability in the tense personnel situation. Now there is the threat of another enforced break

As reported by BILD , the 25-year-old suffered a knee injury in training on Tuesday. According to the report, there was an unfortunate collision during a tackle by Jonathan Tah. Stanisic subsequently felt pain in his left knee and had to pull out of the session early. An exact diagnosis is still pending, as is the question of how long the defensive all-rounder could be out for

A bitter pill for Bayern: Tah hit his right foot, of all places, where the Croatian full-back had suffered a capsular ligament injury in his ankle in January

Kompany threatens new personnel shortage

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Another loss of Stanisic would come at a very bad time for Vincent Kompany. The Bayern coach had recently emphasized how relieved he was that the personnel situation was slowly easing. Against HSV, the record champions only had to do without Konrad Laimer and Raphael Guerreiro, both of whom are now in recovery training and are about to return to team training

However, if Stanisic’s injury proves to be more serious, there could be another acute shortage in the wing-back positions. The options at right-back in particular would be severely limited if Laimer and Stanisic are both absent at the same time. For Kompany, this would reopen a construction site that he thought was already closed

To make matters worse , top goalscorer Harry Kane was also missing from training on Tuesday. According to the club, the Englishman is out through illness. Bayern are once again struggling with injury problems ahead of the important Bundesliga clash against TSG Hoffenheim.