Fresh injury concerns set to sideline Bayern Munich’s Kim Min-Jae through Club World Cup | OneFootball

Sport Bild reports that fresh injury concerns will cause Bayern Munich central defender Kim Min-Jae to miss the coming club World Cup. According to the tabloid, the Bundesliga professional is struggling with both inflammation in his left Achilles tendon and a fluid filled cyst in his foot. The report claims that a return for the South Korean centre-back is not planned until mid-to-late July.

Bayern are known to be considering selling Kim this summer, meaning that it could be the case that the 28-year-old has indeed played his last game for the German record champions. A separate Sport Bild report provides an update on Kim’s Bayern central defensive colleague. Dayot Upemecano is back on the training pitch following his knee surgery, yet still taking it slowly.

Upamecano completed dribbling exercises through small cones, long passes, runs on the running ladder, and even longer sprints. However, during training, he signaled slight discomfort in his right groin. The problems were not serious enough to force Upamecano to stop training. The nature of Upamecano’s injury still doesn’t render it likely that he’ll be ready for playing time until the end of June.

GGFN | Peter Weis