Bayern Munich Girls goalkeeper Maria Luisa ‘Mala’ Grohs has been recognized with a malignant tumour.
Bayern say that the 23-year-old shall be unavailable for choice “for the foreseeable future”. Her contract with the membership has been prolonged by one yr by to the summer time of 2026.
Having joined Bayern from Bochum in 2019, Grohs has made 81 first-team appearances for the membership together with 13 matches this season, beginning of their victories over , and Valerenga.
“The illness is a problem I didn’t anticipate to should sort out,” Grohs stated. “However with the assistance of everybody right here, I’m positive I’ll overcome it and absolutely get well.
“I’m in the perfect of palms with the docs right here in Munich and might completely rely on the help from my crew and the membership.”
Grohs has gained three German championships and a German Tremendous Cup with Bayern. “With the contract extension, we wish to do our bit in order that she will deal with her restoration, and we wish to present her that FC Bayern will without end be her dwelling,” Bayern board member Max Eberl stated.
Herbert Hainer, Bayern’s president, pledged the membership will present the goalkeeper with “all the assistance she must get well”.
Bayern Girls sporting director Bianca Rech added: “We sincerely want Mala plenty of power and the absolute best therapeutic course of. She’ll be very near us, and she or he’ll all the time be a part of our crew. All the things’s geared in direction of her getting effectively and ultimately returning to the pitch.”
Bayern are subsequent in motion on Sunday, November 17 with a house sport in opposition to Carl Zeiss Jena within the Frauen Bundesliga.
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