Kompany closes door to Club World Cup action for Urbig | OneFootball

Although Bayern Munich have already qualified for the knockout stages of the Club World Cup ahead of their final group game against Benfica, young goalkeeper Jonas Urbig will not get a chance to play.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany made it very clear at the pre-match press conference that Manuel Neuer will continue as the starting goalkeeper for the rest of the tournament unless he suffers an injury.

“We discussed this very clearly,” Kompany said at the press conference following Bayern’s arrival in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Tuesday’s match against Benfica will take place.

“Manu’s role is to take us as far as possible as number one - with his performances, leadership and qualities. There is basically zero discussion about that. When Manu is fit, we are all very happy.”

Kompany added that simply being part of the Club World Cup squad is “a very good experience” for Urbig, who declined a spot in Germany’s U21 European Championship squad to travel to the United States with the club.

“We have a very good future perspective with Jonas,” he stressed.