BERLIN: Bayern Munich have confirmed their Germany goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer will be out until January having undergone another operation on Tuesday after again fracturing his left foot.
The 31-year-old had only returned at the end of August after fracturing the same foot in April.
He suffered the fresh injury in training on Monday as Bayern prepared for Tuesday’s Bundesliga match at Schalke.
“The fact that Manuel Neuer has suffered a new injury means we are all very sorry for him,” said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern chairman.
“The operation went optimally and that is the most important thing now.
“Manuel will be available for us again, back at his old strength, in January.”
This is Neuer’s third operation on the same foot in six months after minor surgery for a toe injury in March and then again in April after initially fracturing his foot.
Neuer’s latest injury blow sparks concerns about Germany’s skipper nine months before the World Cup kicks off.
He last played for his country in a World Cup qualifier in October 2016.
Neuer will miss Germany’s key qualifier against Northern Ireland in Belfast on October 5, where a draw will book the holders’ place at Russia 2018.
With Neuer out, Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who deputised when Germany won the Confederations Cup in July, is set to fill in for the world champions.
Sven Ulreich will stand in for Neuer at Bayern until the winter break at the end of December.
Neuer will miss Bayern’s remaining Champions League group games, plus their league and cup double-header against RB Leipzig at the end of October and an away match at current Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund in early November.
Bayern confirmed Neuer underwent the operation at a clinic in Tuebingen, south-west Germany and has had a plate inserted in his foot.
The operation was carried out by Ulrich Stoeckle, the surgeon who has previously treated stars Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery and David Alaba.
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Football: Neuer out until January after foot operation
Football: Neuer out until January after foot operation
Medvedev swats Auger-Aliassime aside to reach Dubai final
DUBAI: Daniil Medvedev is one victory away from repeating a title run for the first time in his career after he punched his ticket to the Dubai final with a 6-4, 6-2 success over top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday.
Medvedev, a former world number one, boasts 22 career titles but has bizarrely never won the same tournament twice.
The ex-US Open champion has a chance to change that when he takes on Dutch world number 25 Tallon Griekspoor in the final on Saturday in Dubai, where he lifted the trophy in 2023.
“If you give me some fast courts like they were before, maybe I can do something like this, but there aren’t many courts like this on the tour anymore,” said Medvedev, who is through to the 42nd final of his career.
“If I manage to put (on an) even better performance tomorrow, I have a chance to win,” he added.
Griekspoor shocked Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) in a match that included controversy.
After saving three break points to hold for 6-5 in the opening set, Griekspoor took an off-court medical timeout for what appeared to be a groin/hamstring injury.
Griekspoor returned several minutes later, broke Rublev’s serve and took the opening set.
The 29-year-old Dutchman was putting on a brilliant serving performance despite his mobility issues and he kept it up in the second set.
The contest turned into an ace-fest and the set fittingly went to a tiebreak.
Rublev squandered a 3-0 lead in the breaker and two set points from 6-4 up as Griekspoor once again found his best tennis.
“I have no idea how I pulled off this one,” said Griekspoor, who produced 19 aces to Rublev’s 20.
“I could barely walk from the end of the first set. I guess unlucky and lucky at the same time.
“And then I got very lucky in the tiebreak to win it in two sets. Because if this was going three, it was going to be an extremely hard story for me,” he added.
Griekspoor’s third consecutive top-20 win of the week earned him a spot in a sixth tour-level final — his second at the 500 level.
It is unclear how fit he will be for his final against Medvedev on Saturday though.
“I landed with a serve and I felt something in my hamstring,” Griekspoor said of his injury.
“I’m just going to try to recover as well as possible, do everything I can and hopefully be ready for tomorrow,” he added.
Rublev was understandably disappointed.
“Tallon, I guess he was not feeling well, but out of it he did as best as he could. He started to go for the shots and all of them went through,” he said.
“I don’t know if he will be able to play tomorrow, but today was his day.”
Earlier on center court, Medvedev played a perfect match to improve his record against Auger-Aliassime to 8-2.
In a high-quality semifinal, the players were neck and neck through the first nine games before a perfectly-struck lob from Medvedev drew the error that gave the third seed a set point on the Canadian’s serve.
Medvedev converted it on the back of a 24-shot rally to secure a one-set lead in 44 minutes.
The 30-year-old kept pressuring the Auger-Aliassime serve and broke in game four on his way to a 4-1 advantage in the second set and he never looked back, wrapping up the win in one hour and 23 minutes.
Medvedev, a former world number one, boasts 22 career titles but has bizarrely never won the same tournament twice.
The ex-US Open champion has a chance to change that when he takes on Dutch world number 25 Tallon Griekspoor in the final on Saturday in Dubai, where he lifted the trophy in 2023.
“If you give me some fast courts like they were before, maybe I can do something like this, but there aren’t many courts like this on the tour anymore,” said Medvedev, who is through to the 42nd final of his career.
“If I manage to put (on an) even better performance tomorrow, I have a chance to win,” he added.
Griekspoor shocked Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) in a match that included controversy.
After saving three break points to hold for 6-5 in the opening set, Griekspoor took an off-court medical timeout for what appeared to be a groin/hamstring injury.
Griekspoor returned several minutes later, broke Rublev’s serve and took the opening set.
The 29-year-old Dutchman was putting on a brilliant serving performance despite his mobility issues and he kept it up in the second set.
The contest turned into an ace-fest and the set fittingly went to a tiebreak.
Rublev squandered a 3-0 lead in the breaker and two set points from 6-4 up as Griekspoor once again found his best tennis.
“I have no idea how I pulled off this one,” said Griekspoor, who produced 19 aces to Rublev’s 20.
“I could barely walk from the end of the first set. I guess unlucky and lucky at the same time.
“And then I got very lucky in the tiebreak to win it in two sets. Because if this was going three, it was going to be an extremely hard story for me,” he added.
Griekspoor’s third consecutive top-20 win of the week earned him a spot in a sixth tour-level final — his second at the 500 level.
It is unclear how fit he will be for his final against Medvedev on Saturday though.
“I landed with a serve and I felt something in my hamstring,” Griekspoor said of his injury.
“I’m just going to try to recover as well as possible, do everything I can and hopefully be ready for tomorrow,” he added.
Rublev was understandably disappointed.
“Tallon, I guess he was not feeling well, but out of it he did as best as he could. He started to go for the shots and all of them went through,” he said.
“I don’t know if he will be able to play tomorrow, but today was his day.”
Earlier on center court, Medvedev played a perfect match to improve his record against Auger-Aliassime to 8-2.
In a high-quality semifinal, the players were neck and neck through the first nine games before a perfectly-struck lob from Medvedev drew the error that gave the third seed a set point on the Canadian’s serve.
Medvedev converted it on the back of a 24-shot rally to secure a one-set lead in 44 minutes.
The 30-year-old kept pressuring the Auger-Aliassime serve and broke in game four on his way to a 4-1 advantage in the second set and he never looked back, wrapping up the win in one hour and 23 minutes.
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