Bayern Munich star Tom Bischof forced to undergo emergency surgery and ruled out indefinitely
BISCH-OFF Bayern Munich star Tom Bischof forced to undergo emergency surgery and ruled out indefinitely
TOM BISCHOF has been ruled out indefinitely after being forced to undergo surgery at short notice.
The Bayern Munich star was rushed into the procedure for his appendix.
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Tom Bischof has been sidelined 'indefinitely'
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He appeared in the DFL-Supercup win
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Bischof, 20, only joined Bayern in June after moving to the club on a free transfer from TSG Hoffenheim.
He made his first appearance for the Bundesliga champions during the Club World Cup against Benfica.
The midfielder also made a substitute appearance in the 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart in the DFL-Supercup.
Former Premier League stars Harry Kane and Luis Diaz netted to put Bayern in control before Jamie Leweling's late consolation.
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However, Bischof will now miss the start of the German league season after undergoing surgery.
Bayern have confirmed that he has no return date set and will be out of indefinitely.
A statement read: "FC Bayern will be without Tom Bischof for the foreseeable future.
"The German record champions' 20-year-old midfielder had to undergo surgery on his appendix at short notice, so he won't be available for the Bundesliga opener against RB Leipzig on Friday."
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Bayern take on RB Leipzig in the first game of their Bundesliga defence.
The match will take place at the Allianz Arena at 7.30pm as they attempt to land back-to-back titles.
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Manager Vincent Kompany appeared not to know about Bischof's surgery during his pre-match press conference.
After being asked about his squad, he said: "We have four experienced players and two talented youngsters in attack.
"We also have Rapha Guerreiro and Tom Bischof, who can play in an attacking role.
"Manuel Neuer won't be playing up front (laughs). I don't like playing in a sacrificial role.
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Vincent Kompany appeared not to know about
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"No matter what happens, we want to attack.
"We have a lot of people working on transfers. My job is to make sure we win tomorrow.'
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Man Utd's transfer deals IN Bryan Mbeumo - from Brentford - £71m Matheus Cunha - from Wolves - £62.5m Diego Leon - from Cerro Porteno - £7m Benjamin Sesko - from RB Leipzig - £74m TOTAL - £214.5m OUT Victor Lindelof - released Christian Eriksen - released TOTAL - £0m MAN UTD TRANSFER NEWS LIVE Conclusion We have gone through the three new attacking players for United and not even mentioned their best attacking threat from last season in Bruno Fernandes. The United captain will likely find himself moving deeper to play a more deep midfielder as opposed to one of the No10's. But his passing ability and aggressive nature from this role will be very strong for United. As the season progresses we are likely to see Sesko established as the main striker with Cunha and Mbeumo as the No.10's behind him. This will be the strongest attacking setup for Amorin and his United squad and a vast improvement on last season's attacking options.
