Injured during the match against Dortmund at the end of November, Harry Kane is back with the Bavarian club.
Bayern’s English striker Harry Kane returns to the Munich squad for the reception of RB Leipzig on Friday (8:30 p.m.), opening the 15th day of the German championship between the Bavarian leader and the fourth in the standings.
“I’m not going to say if he will start the match or not, the last training session (Thursday) is important. But if all goes well, he will definitely have a role to play tomorrow.”underlined Thursday morning Bayern coach Vincent Kompany, during his traditional match eve press conference.
“Harry has this sense of placement close to the penalty area. He also helped us a lot in defensive work. But in the 16 meters, he’s one of the best in the world and that’s where he makes the difference.”praised Kompany. Victim of a small muscle tear in the back of his right thigh on November 30 in Dortmund during the Klassiker of German football, Harry Kane missed two matches in the league, one in the Champions League, and one in the Cup.
Back to group training this Thursday
He returned to collective training on Thursday on the grounds of Säbener Strasse, the headquarters of Bayern in the south of Munich. In his absence, the Bavarian club was eliminated from the Cup in the round of 16 by Bayer Leverkusen (1-0 after playing more than 70 minutes at 10 against 11), and recorded its first defeat in the Bundesliga on Saturday in Mainz (2-1).
Best director in the Bundesliga last season (36 goals, 44 in all competitions), Kane remains, despite his three weeks of absence, at the top of the scorers’ rankings in the German championship, with 14 goals, ahead of the Egyptian from Frankfurt Omar Marmoush (13).
Bayern played their seventh match in 22 days in Mainz, and were finally able to enjoy a week without a match on Tuesday or Wednesday, which had not happened to them since the end of September. “It was a positive week for us, an important week”the glisse Kompany.
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