Bild studies that Leon Goretzka will return to Bayern Munich’s squad for his or her opening Champions League tie towards Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
The midfielder has solely performed one minute for Bayern this season and that was coming off of the bench proper on the finish of their 2-0 win towards SC Freiburg simply earlier than the worldwide break. In opposition to Wolfsburg, Goretzka sat on the bench for the entire recreation whereas towards Ulm within the DFB Pokal and this weekend towards Holstein Kiel, the 29-year-old was left in Munich.
Nevertheless, regardless of Sacha Boey’s harm, minutes will nonetheless not be straightforward to come back by as Joshua Kimmich and Konrad Laimer can each play at right-back which means there can be three midfielders nonetheless forward of Goretzka within the pecking order with Aleksander Pavlovic and João Palhinha additionally included.
For a lot of the summer time, Bayern tried to drive Goretzka out of the membership however the midfield held agency and refused to depart as he tried to battle for his place within the squad. Up to now, the battle has not likely been profitable.
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