Overview
- Neuer, who starred Tuesday in Bayern’s 2-1 Champions League win at Real Madrid, earned man-of-the-match honors after a string of saves on Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior, with Real coach Álvaro Arbeloa calling him MVP.
- Praise poured in from current and former players, with Bayern’s Aleksandar Pavlovic saying he would never say no to Neuer and ex-keeper Oliver Kahn calling the 40-year-old’s display world class.
- Coach Julian Nagelsmann has repeatedly ruled out trying to reverse Neuer’s 2024 retirement, and Neuer said he is not discussing the national team and is focusing on Bayern.
- Germany’s depth chart remains in flux as Marc-André ter Stegen deals with injuries, leaving Oliver Baumann as first choice and Jonas Urbig and Alexander Nübel as leading options behind him.
- Neuer’s Bayern contract expires at season’s end with no decision announced, and the public debate is expected to rumble on until Nagelsmann names his World Cup squad on May 12.