’Musiala magic’ will be on full display very soon, Bayern’s Kompany says
MUNICH: Bayern Munich playmaker Jamal Musiala missed much of the season due to a broken leg and while he has already made an impact since returning to the pitch in January, coach Vincent Kompany is confident he will soon take his game to a whole new level. The 23-year-old Germany international sustained a fibula fracture with a broken and dislocated ankle following a collision with then-Paris St. Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Club World Cup last July. After making his return at the start of the year, he has gradually earned more playing time as he bids to make Germany’s squad for the World Cup, which starts in June. Fellow Bayern midfielder Serge Gnabry carried much of the load during Musiala’s absence but will be out of action for several weeks with an adductor muscle injury. With Bayern set for a German Cup semifinal against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, Kompany needs Musiala to step up. “Jamal is in a good phase at the moment,” he told a press conference on Tuesday. “I said it early on, back in January, that he’s developed physically.
