Overview
- Coach Vincent Kompany said Musiala is planned to be in the traveling squad if final preparations go smoothly and praised the midfielder’s renewed physical strength and energy.
- The Bundesliga resumes for Bayern with an away match at RB Leipzig on Saturday at 18:30, following strong wins before the break.
- Konrad Laimer suffered a muscle-bundle tear in stoppage time against Köln and is unavailable, creating an immediate vacancy on the right side of defense.
- Josip Stanisic is out with a capsular ligament injury to his right ankle until at least early February, increasing the likelihood that Joshua Kimmich could fill in at right-back.
- Kimmich is a candidate to start, Alphonso Davies is nearing a return, and club spokesman Dieter Nickles dismissed speculation linking Bayern with Leipzig’s Yan Diomande.