After a long injury break: Musiala about to make a comeback for FC Bayern in Leipzig

Jamal Musiala’s comeback is imminent. After a long period of suffering, the national soccer player should be back in the FC Bayern Munich squad in the Bundesliga top game on Saturday (6.30 p.m./Sky) against RB Leipzig. “If everything goes well today,” said coach Vincent Kompany before the final training session, “the plan is for him to be there. That’s nice for him and a good thing,” the coach added. “When you come out of this dark tunnel, suddenly the little things are great,” said Kompany. “What I always recommend to guys coming back from injuries is that they never forget what that first feeling is like.”

Musiala suffered a serious injury to his left leg in the quarter-finals against Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain at the Club World Cup in the USA six months ago. In addition to Bayern, national coach Julian Nagelsmann is also hoping for a strong return for the national player in the World Cup year. 196 days after his injury, Musiala is finally ready for his return, said Kompany: “Stability, mobility, speed – the deep muscles,” all of which have improved.

Alphonso Davies and DFB captain Joshua Kimmich should also return to the Bayern team against Leipzig. The Munich midfield boss had missed a few games due to persistent ankle problems. Kimmich would be an option to solve the bottleneck on the right in defense. Due to the injuries to Konrad Laimer (torn hamstring) and Josip Stanisic (capsular ligament injury in the right ankle) as well as the absence of Sacha Boey, who reported sick, Kompany lacks likely options.

It would also be possible for Raphaël Guerreiro or Tom Bischof to play there. Alternatively, Kompany could also call up central defenders Jonathan Tah or Dayot Upamecano as an emergency solution. “We have a lot of failures at right back, but we have already solved that in the past. Lots of other players can play there, at the beginning of the season we had a lot of failures at left back,” said Kompany. “The boys will miss a few games, but it could have been worse.”