Bayern Munich backup keeper Daniel Peretz suffered a significant muscle tendon injury a little over a week ago and the injury was bad enough to rule him out of Olympic action with Israel in Paris, France.
It was an unfortunate blow for the keeper whose chances of playing time at Bayern last season were few and far between after making the move from Maccabi Tel Aviv last summer. He is third in the pecking order behind both Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich for the Rekordmeister.
In total, Peretz made two appearances for Bayern last season; one in the Bundesliga in a 2-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg and one in the DFB-Pokal first round in a 4-0 win over SC Preußen Münster. Ulreich was the main stand-in during the beginning phases of the season when Neuer’s injury recovery from his serious leg injury took longer than anticipated and experienced several setbacks. Last summer, Bayern had been looking for a top class keeper to come in to be Neuer’s stand in after losing Yann Sommer to Inter Milan, but they eventually decided to give Ulreich that responsibility and then have Peretz serve as Ulreich’s backup.
While the Israeli keeper has been linked with a potential loan move away from Bayern this summer due to his lack of opportunities last season, Vincent Kompany wants to keep him around for the 2014/25 campaign, as per Sky Sport journalist Kerry Hau (via @iMiaSanMia).
Per Hau, Peretz is content on staying in Munich this season and competing with Ulreich for the primary backup role for Neuer, which as history has shown, can be a vital role. Neuer has struggled with injury problems in recent seasons and Kompany could have to rely on Ulreich and/or Peretz for key matches at any given point in the season. The Belgian manager is also said to be content to keep Peretz around to have a viable backup option if one of Neuer or Ulreich winds up picking up any sort of injury at any point during the season.