The injury bug has bitten Bayern hard this season as recent reports state that Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano has been ruled out for several weeks with a left hamstring injury, while teammates Matthijs de Ligt and Serge Gnabry are working on their comebacks.
Bayern said Wednesday that a scan determined the extent of Upamecano’s injury after he had to go off toward the end of the team’s 3-0 win over Freiburg on Sunday, and that it puts “him out of action for the time being.”
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The French defender is likely to miss games against Mainz, Galatasaray, Darmstadt and Saarbrücken. He could be ready for the Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund on Nov. 4.
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De Ligt, who has been out since early September with a knee injury, started running exercises Tuesday. Gnabry, who fractured his arm in the German Cup win at Preussen Muenster on Sept. 26, started running in training on Wednesday with a cast on his arm.
Upamecano joins a list of players who have incurred injuries across the short span on this season for Bayern, joining the likes of De Ligt, Musiala, Gnabry and many more.
Despite the injury woes that has plagued the Bavarians, Bayern have still managed to hold on and compete at a high level, staying in contention in all the major tournaments involved and are placed 3rd in the Bundesliga, just two points shy of league leaders Leverkusen.
Bayern’s next Bundesliga match is after the international break at Mainz on Oct. 21.
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