Thomas Tuchel has announced positive assessments of the long-injured captain Manuel Neuer on the way to his comeback. The national soccer goalkeeper returned to goalkeeper training at FC Bayern Munich after a break due to calf problems. “I spoke to Manu. He is very positive. I think I can now tell from body language, gestures and facial expressions whether Manu is doing well or not. I would say he is doing very well,” Tuchel said on Friday in Munich.
Neuer, who has been out injured since December, recently had to take a step back due to calf problems. At the end of August, the 37-year-old completed a session with his goalkeeper colleagues for the first time since his serious skiing accident. “It’s actually not really an injury, it’s more discomfort,” Tuchel said of the recent problems. These are “very diffuse” and you don’t want to take any risks.
“He continues to be very positive because he believes that things can happen very quickly once he is in team training,” said Tuchel. In his own opinion, Neuer then has what he needs for the competition. “I believe that too, he knows himself better than I know him,” said Tuchel. He recently stated that Neuer would train with the team before the international break. The next international matches are scheduled for mid-October.
Neuer is currently represented by Sven Ulreich, including this Saturday (3:30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky) against VfL Bochum. “We don’t talk much about the goalkeepers. That means Ulle is doing a good job,” said Tuchel. New national coach Julian Nagelsmann left it open on Friday whether former DFB captain Manuel Neuer would return to the national team after his long injury break.
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He wanted to give the FC Bayern goalkeeper the time he needed to get healthy and regain 100 percent performance. “If the situation arises, we will evaluate it,” said Nagelsmann. Bayern, with then Munich coach Nagelsmann, parted ways with goalkeeping coach and confidant Toni Tapalovic at the beginning of the year, much to Neuer’s disappointment during his time with an injury. Since then, the relationship between Neuer and Nagelsmann has been considered strained.
