MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich says defender Holger Badstuber will need surgery after tearing a tendon in his left thigh and faces another long injury break.
Badstuber, who recently returned to action after missing 20 months with a knee injury, had to go off before the break in Bayern’s 2-0 win over Stuttgart on Saturday in the Bundesliga. At the time, he said the injury was "not too serious."
But Bayern team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt found it was worse than initially feared when he determined the extent of the injury on Sunday.
Badstuber is quoted as saying, "I’m obviously very disappointed right now, but of course I now know how you deal with situations like this."
The 25-year-old had reestablished himself in Bayern’s starting lineup after working his way back from his previous injuries.
