Bild: Gnabry is expected to miss Freiburg due to injury, Hiroyuki Ito will return to the game squad

November 21st Bayern will face Freiburg at home in this round of Bundesliga. "Bild" also revealed the injury situation within the Bayern team, pointing out that Gnabry may miss the game and Hiroyuki Ito will return to the game squad.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany (39 years old) confirmed on Friday morning that the team's offensive core Serge Gnabry (30 years old) may miss the Bundesliga home game against Freiburg on Saturday local time.

The Belgian coach said: "There is a high probability that Serge will not play (the weekend league). After returning from the German national team, he still feels unwell, and the specific details need to be reported by the medical department."

Gnabry was absent from Thursday's public training. Although Joshua Kimmich (30 years old), Kim Min-jae (28 years old/all load management) and Manuel Neuer (39 years old/gastrointestinal problems), who also did not participate in joint training, are expected to return to training on Friday, Bayern's No. 7 may still have to wait for his return.

Talking about the two international players Neuer and Kimmich, coach Kompany said: "The situation of Neuer needs to be observed. He did not participate in training due to a slight cold, but hopes to return to the team normally today. Kimmich can usually return to 100% health."

The good news for the defending Bundesliga champions is that versatile defender Ito Hiroyuki (26 years old) will be included in the game squad for the first time on Saturday after another metatarsal fracture in March.

26-year-old Hiroyuki Ito joined Bayern last summer with a release fee of 23.5 million euros, but suffered two serious injuries and only played 8 official games for the team in total. When asked in an interview yesterday whether he was ready to play against Freiburg at the weekend, Hiroyuki Ito gave an affirmative answer of "yes".

The recovery progress of left back Alphonso Davies (25 years old) is also encouraging. He has gradually returned to team training after tearing his cruciate ligament in March. The Canada international is expected to return to action within the year.

The club has the same expectations for Jamal Musiala (22 years old), who is still recovering from a fractured fibula alone. But the team will not put any pressure on injury management and is not prepared to let these two core players take any risks of re-injury.