Standup9ja: Holger Badstuber To Leave Bayern Munich At The
End Of The Season
Defender Holger Badstuber will leave Bayern Munich when his
contract expires in the summer, the club have announced.
The Germany international, whose career has been plagued by
injury in recent years, has spent the second half of this season on loan at
Schalke but will not be joining the club on a permanent basis.
“We will not sign Badstuber on a permanent deal,” sporting
director Christian Heidel said at a news conference. “The coach discussed
things with Holger on Wednesday. We will say farewell to him on Saturday [at
home to Hamburg].”
And Bayern said the 28-year-old would now likely seek a move
abroad.
“It was clear from the beginning that Holger Badstuber wants
to look for a new challenge, probably overseas, after his loan to Schalke,”
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the club’s official website.
Badstuber’s career has been plagued by injuries since he
graduated from the Bayern youth academy. He made his league debut for the club
in August 2009 and went on to start 33 games in that season’s title-winning
campaign.
In 2015 Badstuber tore a thigh muscle and in February 2016
he broke his ankle, limiting him to just 18 league appearances for Bayern over
the past three seasons.
He has started 11 games for Schalke since joining the Royal
Blues during the winter break.
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