Bayern Munich’s Josip Stanišić is not a stranger to massive, unfortunate injuries. Back in his breakout 2021/22 seasons for Bayern, the youngster’s incredibly bright start cut was short via a muscle bundle injury as he was forced to miss around 2 months due to injury. Even after he returned, his momentum was now gone, his importance to the squad had diminished and he would see little more game time before the end of the season. That serious injury set the young Croat back quite a bit.
Unfortunately, the injury Stanišić is currently battling with now is far worse. Kicker reports, as captured by @iMiaSanMia, that it will take at least 3 months to heal:
Following his knee surgery, Josip Stanišić’s rehab is going according to plan. However, Stanišić is still wearing a splint in everyday life and needs crutches. Normally, a torn collateral ligament needs a break of up to four months. If everything goes without complications, it could be “only” three. In Stanišić’s case, that would be the end of November.
Bayern’s initial report on the injury suggested that Stanišić would be out for just “several weeks”. If Kicker is right-and these days that is a big if- then Bayern will have miscalculated the injury. Furthermore, if the seemingly best case scenario of a three month break comes to be, the former Bayer Leverkusen player will still miss 13 matches for the Bavarian giants, including the majority of the Bundesliga Hinrunde, the Champions League League phase and the crucial second round of the DFB Pokal. Another long, long period without Stanišić seems ahead. But this time, he is important enough to the squad for his absence to truly hurt the club.
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