Joao Palhinha will miss the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie at Celtic after suffering a cold.
Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl has confirmed that Joao Palhinha will not be involved in Wednesday’s Champions League play-off first leg at หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล Celtic because the 29-year-old midfielder is suffering from the flu.
Both Celtic and Bayern warmed up for the first leg this week with comfortable wins with Celtic easing past Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup and Bayern proving to be too strong for Werder Bremen.
But Bayern are unlikely to be able to call upon £47.5 million star Palhinha, who missed their Friday night game with flu.
Palhinha joined Bayern Munich from Fulham in the summer for £47.5million and has only just recovered from a groin injury he suffered in mid-November before the 29-year-old midfielder suffered a bout with flu and will miss Wednesday’s trip to Celtic, the Bavarians’ sporting director has confirmed.
‘No, I don’t think Joao Palhinha will be on the plane to Scotland,’ Eberl said of the 29-year-old midfielder.
Meanwhile, coach Vincent Kompany spoke about the readiness of the Bavarians, saying: ‘We are now starting to have several players return from injuries.’
‘We’ve a lot of players ready to come back. We have Serge Gnabry, Hiroki Ito and maybe Alphonso Davies coming back this week. We have a team for this game.’