Lennart Karl could miss Bayern pre-season and start of Bundesliga | OneFootball

Lennart Karl’s thigh injury could disrupt Bayern Munich’s pre-season plans and his availability for the early Bundesliga rounds.

According to BuLi News, the 18-year-old winger suffered a muscle bundle tear that ended his World Cup hopes with Germany, having been set to feature for Julian Nagelsmann's side. The recently crowned double champions are now waiting on assessments of the damage.

A muscle bundle tear is considered more serious than a muscle fibre tear and typically needs a longer rehabilitation. For a quadriceps issue, the usual recovery window is six to 12 weeks.

If it is six weeks, Karl could be back in time for Bayern’s pre-season, which begins on 20 July.

Should it stretch to 12 weeks, he risks missing Bayern’s first few matches of the 2026-27 Bundesliga campaign. The league is scheduled to start on 28 August.

Karl recorded five goals and five assists in his maiden top-flight season last year.

Source: BuLi News