Goalpost: 1, Franck Ribery: 0
The French winger suffered a bloody training injury when he crashed into a goalpost at the Bayern Munich summer training ground in the Western Bavarian Rottach-Egern.
Ribery, now 35 years old and in his 12th season at Bayern Munich, received lengthy treatment on the ground and untimately continued the training session with a big head wrap. Reportedly, however, he will miss a few days to recover. All indications are that he will be ok to start the season as Bayern begins the season a week from Sunday in the DFL-Supercup against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Franck Ribery 0-1 Goalpost 🤕
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) August 3, 2018
Bayern star suffers injury in training ground collision https://t.co/qHpC9Jstvq pic.twitter.com/VJwDlkoa8a
“Thanks everyone for your kind messages,” Ribery posted on Twitter. “I‘m already recovering and will be back in no time.”
Ribery has not made more than 22 league appearances since way back in the 2012/13 season, hampered at times by either injury or poor form. He will compete this season for appearances with fellow left wingers Kingsley Coman and former Arsenal youth product Serge Gnabry, while Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller man the right flank. While Ribery should recover from his injury soon, missing training time won’t help in earning minutes on the field while challenging those much younger.