Training Report: Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies, Manuel Neuer making progress

Munich—While the majority of Bayern Munich’s squad is away on international duty, two of the club’s highest-profile stars remained at Säbener Straße on Monday to push ahead with their rehabilitation programs. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and left-back Alphonso Davies both logged individual sessions that suggest their returns to first-team action are imminent.

Davies, sidelined recently with a hamstring issue, completed a series of ball-based exercises, an indication that the Canadian international has progressed beyond straight-line running and is now testing the muscle under football-specific loads. Neuer, nursing a calf complaint, worked under the close supervision of rehab specialist Jannis Bärtl and trained while wearing strobe glasses designed to sharpen reaction times and visual tracking—an encouraging sign that the 37-year-old is re-integrating goalkeeper-specific stimuli into his recovery.

Also present at the training complex was attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala. Although the 21-year-old has yet to resume on-pitch work, he spent roughly 20 minutes in discussion with rehab coach Simon Martinello on the facility’s terrace, outlining the next steps in his own comeback plan.

The timing of their progress is critical. Bayern are entering a season-defining stretch that features a tight Bundesliga title race, a DFB-Pokal semifinal against Bayer Leverkusen, and a Champions League quarterfinal clash with Real Madrid. Having Davies’ explosive pace on the flank, Neuer’s commanding presence between the posts, and Musiala’s creativity in the final third could prove decisive as the club chases silverware on multiple fronts.

Club medical staff have not attached definitive timetables to any of the trio, yet the intensity and specificity of Monday’s sessions indicate that availability updates could be forthcoming within days rather than weeks.