Bayern will have to do without Joshua Kimmich. After surviving the corona infection, the Defensivass now has lung problems that put him out of action.
Of the FC Bayern Munich won’t open again this year Joshua Kimmich can fall back on. The 26-year-old is out with lung problems for the time being. The record champions announced this in a brief statement.
Unvaccinated Kimmich was infected with coronavirus
Kimmich, who announced in October that he was not vaccinated, was positive on November 24th Coronavirus been tested. He had already been in quarantine for several weeks as a contact person, including his teammate Niklas Süle, who was infected with corona. His last appearance for Bayern was on November 6th against SC Freiburg (2-1).
Today, Thursday, the DFB national player should start training for the upcoming home game against Mainz 05 (Saturday, from 3:30 p.m. in the t-online live ticker) to return to the Bayern squad after his last test result was negative. However, this will not happen now.
Kimmich was quoted by the club as follows: “I am pleased that my corona-related quarantine has ended. I am doing very well, but currently I cannot train fully due to slight infiltration in my lungs. I will therefore be one Complete advanced training and can hardly wait to be there again in January. ” You can do what lung infiltrations are here read up.
Choupo-Moting is also said to have to struggle with the consequences of the corona
According to the “Bild”, Kimmich’s complaints are the direct consequences of his corona infection. The water retention in the lungs is said to be due to “inflammatory processes”. In addition to Kimmich, according to information from “Bild”, Bayern striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is also struggling with the consequences of his Covid 19 disease.
Bayern is currently assuming that Kimmich – in addition to the game against Mainz – the duel against the VfB Stuttgart (December 14th) and the end of the year against VfL Wolfsburg will miss.
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