Bayern's Upamecano mack in light training after knee injury
Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies speaks during the Teams press conference at the Sabener Strasse training ground ahead of the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern Munich will be without Alphonso Davies for several months due to a serious knee injury, while defender Dayot Upamecano will be out for several weeks in a severe blow to the team before the crucial weeks of the season. Sven Hoppe/dpa
Bayern Munich centre back Dayot Upamecano returned to light training on Wednesday in some good news for the injured plagued club.
Bayern said that Upamecano ran some laps on their training ground. The club spoke of "a first step" towards a comeback after being diagnosed with loose tissue in his left knee at the end of March.
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The Bundesliga leaders and Champions League quarter-finalists did not say when the France defender will be able to play again.
The first player to return to action could be midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic who has been sidelined since late February with glandular fever. He is training and there is speculation he could be back in the squad for Saturday's league match against Borussia Dortmund.
It is meanwhile not clear if goalkeeper Manuel Neuer could return from a calf muscle injury for the following match on April 16 at Inter Milan, where Bayern have to make a 2-1 home defeat if they want to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
Playmaker Jamal Musiala is out for several more weeks with a hamstring tear. Left back Alphonso Davies and centre back Hiroki Ito will be absent for months with a cruciate knee ligament tear and fractured metatarsal, respectively.
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