Overview
- Paul Wanner suffered a left ankle capsule ligament injury during the August 8 pre-season test against Tottenham Hotspur and has been ruled out until further notice
- Harry Kane is not injured but trained individually for load management at Bayern’s Saturday session
- Serge Gnabry remains sidelined with muscular problems that prevented him from featuring against Tottenham and has yet to return to team training
- Bayern will field interim attacking options in their final friendly against Grasshoppers Zürich on August 12 before opening the season with the Supercup versus VfB Stuttgart on August 16
- Sport director Max Eberl had hailed Wanner as a major opportunity in Jamal Musiala’s absence, making the 19-year-old’s setback a significant blow to Bayern’s youth integration strategy