Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is making progress in his recovery from the muscle fiber tear he suffered 14 days ago in a match against Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach.<\/p>\n
In fact, the 39-year-old could potentially start against 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday, head coach Vincent Kompany revealed at a press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n
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However, Kompany also said it’s more likely that Jonas Urbig will continue in goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cUrbig will probably be in goal tomorrow. But we\u2019ve got training today. It\u2019s about what Manuel is capable of right now,” said Kompany.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“There\u2019s always a difference between training and a match. If he\u2019s not up to it, Jonas will play.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c40 is young\u201d<\/p>\n
Kompany also reflected on Neuer turning 40 next week.<\/p>\n
\u201c40 is young \u2013 I didn\u2019t realise that back then. But now I know. My knees had other ideas back then; otherwise I could have carried on playing,” said the former Manchester City defender.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“\u2018Hunger\u2019 is the key word. Manuel has fought his way back from a serious injury. He was in incredible form this season \u2013 that was impressive. He keeps delivering time and again. We\u2019re almost the same age. It\u2019s about the mental side, not just the physical.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“If his body stays in good shape, that\u2019s one thing. But what\u2019s impressive is how he keeps motivating himself mentally time and time again. You really need a lot of motivation to reach that level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neuer’s current deal with FC Bayern expires at the end of the season, and it’s still unclear if it will be extended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is making progress in his recovery from the muscle fiber tear he suffered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[7343,112,5662,190,25587,25535,755,25588,25586,2353],"class_list":{"0":"post-45006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-berlin","10":"tag-borussia-monchengladbach","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-jonas-urbig","13":"tag-kompany","14":"tag-manchester-city","15":"tag-muscle-fiber","16":"tag-neuer","17":"tag-union-berlin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116264750647941585","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}