Manuel Neuer ruled OUT of Celtic Champions League double header as Bayern Munich confirm keeper won'
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Date: 2017-09-19

Bayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer is OUT of the Champions League double header with Celtic next month - and won't play again this year.

The German giants have confirmed the 31-year-old underwent surgery this morning, after breaking his left foot for the third time in 2017.


The Scottish champions travel to face the German giants on October 18 before the return in Glasgow two weeks later.

Neuer originally suffered a hairline fracture to a metatarsal in March, but soon returned to action after a minor operation which saw a screw inserted into his foot.


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But he exacerbated the problem during last season’s Champions League quarter-final defeat to Real Madrid.

Neuer finally returned to action in Bayern’s 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on August 26, having not played in 133 days.

However, the German international pulled out of training on Monday complaining of a problem in his foot once more.

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He was immediately examined at the training ground before heading to hospital early on Tuesday morning for a final scan that confirmed he had once again cracked his metatarsal.


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Neuer, for many the world’s best goalkeeper, was operated on, before Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge revealed Bayern don’t expect him to return until the new year.


The 31-year-old World Cup winner sustained the same injury to the same foot in April and suffered a repeat in training on Monday.

Bayern are in the same Champions League group as Celtic and Neuer will miss their remaining five games.

"The operation went perfectly, which is the most important thing for now," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

"We are now looking to the future. Manuel will be back to his previous best and available in January."

Bayern, who began their Champions League campaign with a win over Anderlecht, next face Paris St-Germain in France before hosting Celtic on 18 October.

Sven Ulreich, a 29-year-old who has made 12 competitive appearances for the German champions since signing from Stuttgart in 2015, is now favourite to start those games.

Neuer picked up the original injury during the Champions League quarter-final second-leg defeat by Real Madrid in April.