Robben and Ribery Set To Return for Nervy Title Run-In

By Daily Sports on May 4, 2019

Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has said that veteran wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery will be on hand to help his side hold their nerve in the last weeks of a tense Bundesliga title race.

League leaders Bayern, who host bottom club Hanover on Saturday, currently sit two points ahead of rivals Borussia Dortmund with three games to go.

Kovac said on Thursday that the title race would be a “question of nerves”, and said that he hoped to be able to count on the experience of club legends Robben, 35, and Ribery, 36.

The long-serving Dutch and French superstars are both expected to leave the club at the end of the season, though there had been fears that injury problems would deny both men a fitting send-off.

Robben has been out of action since November with thigh and calf problems, while Ribery has missed the last two weeks with muscle injuries.

Yet Kovac said that both players were “doing well and he expects them to play a role in the Bundesliga run-in and German Cup final later this month.

“I am very positive that the two of them will contest these four games alongside us,” he said.

“We won’t throw everything over board in order to give someone a send-off, but we want to see that they get a few minutes on the pitch.”

The departure of Robben and Ribery after 10 and 12 years respectively is just one element of a major generational shift expected at Bayern this summer.

The Munich giants have already completed the signings of young French defenders Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez, and reports in the German press this week suggested that senior players Mats Hummels and Thomas Mueller are considering a move away. (SuperSport)

•Photo shows Robben and Ribery 

Source Daily Sports

Posted May 4, 2019


 

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