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The agent for Lucas Hernández, Frank Hocquemiller, is portray a far rosier image about his shopper’s harm restoration — and setting a fast timetable that may see the defender get a number of extra Bayern Munich matches to work his approach again to full health previous to the FIFA World Cup. Per French outlet RMC Sport:
En réaction aux informations du média allemand Sport1, l’agent de Lucas Hernandez se veut rassurant et fait savoir que le joueur va rejouer avant la fin du mois et même pouvoir reprendre la course dès lundi.— RMC Sport (@RMCsport) October 7, 2022
In response to info from the German media Sport1, Lucas Hernández’s agent desires to be reassuring and let or not it’s recognized that the participant will play once more earlier than the tip of the month and even be capable to resume working on Monday.
Lucas Hernández would have wished the enjoyment of scoring Bayern Munich’s opening aim to be his lasting reminiscence from his group’s Champions League overcome FC Barcelona in mid-September. The enjoyment on his face was pure as he kissed the badge with delight after breaking the impasse. And but, the harm he suffered late within the recreation has lingered — to the heartbreak of Bayern followers.
The French worldwide limped off the sphere within the latter levels of the sport, the ache on his face palpable, at the same time as Barça gamers round him initially assumed he was play-acting. Preliminary estimates from L’Équipe and Bild recommended that Hernández can be out for five-to-six weeks, whereas the membership’s personal assertion solely put the timetable at “a number of” weeks.
However current experiences counsel that the harm could possibly be worse than first anticipated. Sport1’s Kerry Hau, through @iMiaSanMia, has reported that Hernández’s absence may as an alternative prolong to 2 months. That might slate Hernández’s return to be round mid-November — putting his hopes for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in some jeopardy.
From Hau:
Vital so as to add: Bayern and Hernández himself are optimistic that he’ll play the WC. There are simply doubts that he will probably be 100 % able to play a match earlier than. Because the therapeutic course of is slower than anticipated, no one wish to take any danger.
Lacking each single Bayern recreation earlier than the World Cup’s begin is a critical setback. France have choices within the again line — Hernández’s Bayern teammate Dayot Upamecano amongst them. Whereas Hernández is a high expertise who gained’t doubtless miss the journey to Qatar except circumstances dictate, the timeline nonetheless at the least dangers his shot at profitable a beginning berth.
Whereas Hernández is out injured, Julian Nagelsmann will proceed to depend on the middle again pairing of Matthijs De Ligt and Dayot Upamecano, whereas Benjamin Pavard and Josip Stanišić wait within the wings to play within the middle if a type of two are unavailable.
Bayern nonetheless has plentiful depth on the again whereas Hernández is out, however Bayern’s warrior will probably be an enormous miss as he recovers. For Hernández, membership and nation certainly can’t await his return to full health.