Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will be out until January after surgery on his broken left foot.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old World Cup winner sustained the same injury to the same foot in April and suffered a repeat in training on Monday.<\/p>\n
Bayern\u00a0are\u00a0in the same Champions League group as Celtic and Neuer will miss their remaining five games.<\/p>\n
“The operation went perfectly, which is the most important thing for now,” said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.<\/p>\n
“We are now looking to the future. Manuel will be back to his previous best and available in January.”<\/p>\n
Bayern, who began their Champions League campaign with a win over Anderlecht, next face Paris St-Germain in France before hosting Celtic on 18 October.<\/p>\n
Sven Ulreich, a 29-year-old who has made 12 competitive appearances for the German champions since signing from Stuttgart in 2015, is now\u00a0favourite\u00a0to start those games.<\/p>\n
Neuer picked up the original injury during the Champions League quarter-final second-leg defeat by Real Madrid in April.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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