Neuer ruled out till January
Bayern Munich have confirmed their Germany goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer will be out until January having undergone another operation on Tuesday after again fracturing his left foot.
The 31-year-old had only returned at the end of August after fracturing the same foot in April. He suffered the fresh injury in training on Monday.
"The fact that Manuel Neuer has suffered a new injury means we are all very sorry for him", said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern chairman. "The operation went optimally and that is the most important thing now. Manuel will be available for us again, back at his old strength, in January."
This is Neuer's third operation on the same foot in six months after minor surgery for a toe injury in March and then again in April after initially fracturing his foot.
Neuer's latest injury blow sparks concerns about Germany's skipper nine months before the World Cup kicks off.
Bayern confirmed Neuer underwent the operation at a clinic in Tuebingen, south-west Germany and has had a plate inserted in his foot.
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