Overview
- The Bayern coach moved his expectation from early January to a chance of minutes in December if progress continues.
- Davies is back on the pitch for individual work under the club’s medical team and has not yet rejoined full team training.
- Kompany stressed a week-to-week assessment to avoid setbacks, saying clearance depends on the body’s response to higher intensity.
- Defensive options remain thin: Josip Stanisic will miss the Dortmund match, Hiroki Ito is not expected back before November, and Raphael Guerreiro faces a late fitness test.
- The 24-year-old tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee in March while on Canada duty, with local reports noting surgery in Innsbruck and rehab milestones of running by late July and ball work by mid-August.