Bayern Munich are less fierce without the presence of Leon Goretzka in the Bavarian team, but his absence is already a matter of the past. Goretzka is ready to play in 2022. Bad news for Villarreal. Bayern’s ‘8’ wants to put the bad times of the 2021-2022 season behind him (death of his agent, knee injury…) and he is hungry to play. And Villarreal, who have crossed his path as a rival to the Bavarians in the Champions League quarterfinals, can pay for the broken dishes.
Nagelsmann’s team is less dangerous without the midfielder, but after being in the dry dock since mid-December due to persistent problems with the patellar tendon in one of his knees, the former Schalke player has already been under Nagelsmann for several days. “It’s a relief,” he said after his first training session in 2022, after avoiding surgery to solve his physical problems. And his return is imminent. A relief for the German coach who needed Goretzka’s power, order and hierarchy in Bayern’s scorecard for the final sprint of the championship. His duo with Kimmich is part of Bayern’s success.
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His return date is scheduled for next Saturday in the visit of the German champion to Freiburg, after being testimonial on the bench against Union Berlin. A good shoot to face the first of the Bayern finals this season: the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Villarreal at La Cerámica.
Since his signing in 2018, Goretzka has been immovable in the eleven of the Allianz Arena team. Whether with Thiago, in the first stage, or now with Kimmich, the 27-year-old footballer is a fundamental pillar in the future of Bayern. That is why Bayern renewed it in the summer, scaring away possible interested parties until 2026.