After the winter break, Bundesliga will continue on Friday, 7th of January, with a duel between Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach. Or at least that was the plan until today, when a Covid outbreak in the ranks of the German champion is treathening to postpone the game. After it was revealed that 6 Bayern players are Covid positive, two more first team players came back today with positive tests, which rises the number to eight. ℹ️ @leroy_sane and Dayot #Upamecano are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) January 4, 2022 Leroy Sane and Dayot Upamecano are the latest ‘victims’ of Covid, and they join colleagues Manuel Neuer, Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Omar Richards, Lucas Hernandez and Tanguy Nianzou, who have already tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from their vacation. Sane and Upamecano were tested on Monday, with young defender Josip Stanisic who tested negative and was permitted to join group training.(1.32) BAYERN (5.90) BORUSSIA M. (10.0)As things stand, Nagelsmann is left with 14 outfield players in addition to Sven Ulreich and Christian Fruchtl, provided that Leon Goretzka, who trained individually on Monday like Serge Gnabry, can cure his patellar tendon problems until Friday. On top of that, Bouna Sarr and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting are out on as they travel to play at AFCON. Paragraph 2 of the DFL game regulations states under point 3 (“Dismissal due to illness of players”) that a team must have “more than 15 amateurs / contract players who are eligible to play and / or are eligible to play in the licensed team.” At least nine licensed players and one goalkeeper.One of the richest clubs in the world failed to honour the minimum wages lawBefore this outbreak, coach Julian Nagelsmann got the virus even thou he was vaccinated twice and he was forced to sit in his hotel room and watch the Champions League match against Benfica and then return on a private plane. The next to get Corova was the unvaccinated Joshua Kimmich, who only recently came to the training ground.
