FC Bayern will have to do without captain Manuel Neuer for the time being . The goalkeeper suffered a torn muscle fiber in his right hamstring during Sunday's Bundesliga home game against 1. FSV Mainz 05. This was the result of an examination by FC Bayern's medical department. At nearly forty years old, Neuer has played almost every single game in the Bundesliga and Champions League this season.
Should Manuel Neuer decide to extend his contract at FC Bayern until 2027, no one at the club will stand in his way. The club's bosses would even 'hand him the pen' to sign the contract with considerably more conviction than last time. Within Bayern, they believe that since Neuer no longer plays for the national team, his body has been getting enough rest and no longer struggles with injuries.
Against Pafos this past week, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer became joint fifth-highest in the all-time Champions League appearances list. For most it would be a grand, monumental, once-in-a-lifetime achievement. For him, it was literally just Tuesday. The week before, he had become the oldest Bayern player to play in the UCL (and, one supposes, he broke what was now his own record again by 7 days against Pafos).
