The 2026/27 Bundesliga season kicks off on Friday night time, with reigning champions Bayern Munich internet hosting VfB Stuttgart on the Allianz Enviornment at 20:30 CEST.
Forward of the sport, it has been reported that Jamal Musiala is not going to be obtainable for Bayern, with the German champions taking a cautious strategy with the 23-year-old following two current collapses brought on by absence seizures linked to a neurological dysfunction.
Talking at a press convention on Thursday, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany supplied a constructive replace on Musiala on Friday, however confirmed that the Germany worldwide is not going to be concerned towards Stuttgart.
“Principally, Jamal's doing fairly nicely. He’ll participate in staff coaching at the moment. He gained’t be within the squad tomorrow. He’s getting used to the elevated dosage of remedy. He’ll return to the squad sooner or later and we’ll make the choice in shut session with the specialists. He’s doing nicely," stated Kompany.
Kompany additionally confirmed that 18-year-old Lennart Karl will return to the squad after recovering from the damage he picked up simply earlier than Germany's World Cup marketing campaign.
In the meantime, new signing Ismael Saibari is making good progress in direction of full health after working his method again from an damage.
“Lennart Karl is again within the squad; we’ll have to attend and see simply how huge a task he can play. Ismael Saibari is making superb progress; we’ll see whether or not he’s prepared to start out. We’ve received so many matches arising within the subsequent few weeks; we’ll determine after at the moment’s coaching session – he’s not far off taking part in his first 90 minutes," stated Kompany.
As an alternative choice to Saibari, Kompany might decide to subject one other new signing, Nathaniel Brown, within the central attacking midfield function, simply as he did in final weekend's 2-1 DFL-Supercup win over Borussia Dortmund. The pure left-back impressed in a sophisticated place and capped his efficiency with a purpose.
“You’ve watched the video games the place Raphaël Guerreiro has additionally performed within the quantity 10 function at occasions. The quantity 10 place and the full-back place have lots in frequent for us in the case of attacking. That’s why it’s commonplace for Konrad Laimer, Rapha Guerreiro and even Nene Brown to play there," Kompany stated when requested about the potential of Brown taking up the same function on Friday.
"He additionally performed there within the youth groups. He’s slated to play as a full-back, however he can play in an entire host of different positions. The identical applies to Konrad Laimer. We’ve received a powerful squad; generally it’s higher to have a number of gamers who can play in a number of positions than to have extra gamers within the squad.”