Overview
- Bayern announced on Sunday that Neuer suffered a partial tear in a tendon of his right foot after he left the 2-1 win at Mainz in pain and was replaced by Jonas Urbig in the 44th minute.
- The club gave no firm recovery timetable and described Neuer as absent "for the time being," while SPORT1 reports a journalistic estimate of about six to eight weeks out.
- This injury follows a season of recurring foot problems for Neuer, including an earlier club statement of persistent tendon irritation and four prior in-match exits this calendar year.
- Jonas Urbig, who came on in Mainz, is the immediate on-field replacement and has received public backing from pundits who say Bayern should make him the short-term first-choice goalkeeper.
- The diagnosis has renewed talk about Neuer's future but commentators stress his long-standing authority at Bayern means any reduction in his role or retirement will likely be decided by Neuer and a small group of close figures inside the club.