Stuttgart ahead Deniz Undav seems set to overlook the rest of the 12 months after selecting up a hamstring damage in coaching, coach Sebastian Hoeness mentioned Thursday.
Undav, who pulled out of Germany’s Nations League fixtures this month, suffered the damage on Wednesday, with a scan confirming a muscle tear.
“We might be doing properly if we see him on the pitch once more this 12 months,” Hoeness instructed reporters whereas not totally ruling out his return earlier than the winter break.
Undav, 28, damage his hamstring within the Champions League defeat by Atalanta two weeks in the past and missed Stuttgart’s subsequent sport, a 3-2 loss towards Eintracht Frankfurt.
Hoeness mentioned Undav, who has 5 targets in 9 league video games this season, had reinjured “the identical muscle”.
Undav is the most recent addition to a prolonged damage checklist for final season’s runners-up that features Jamie Leweling, El Bilal Toure, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Luca Raimund.
Hoeness mentioned it will be “tight” for Undav’s Germany teammate Angelo Stiller to return from a muscle damage in time to face Bochum on Saturday, whereas Ameen Al-Dakhil and Anrie Chase are additionally doubtful.
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