Neuer injured his foot during last season's Champions League quarter-final defeat to Real Madrid
BAYERN Munich have suffered a blow after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was ruled out with injury until January.
The World Cup winner has had successful surgery on a hairline metatarsal fracture in his left foot, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
Neuer, who captains the Bavarian side, will now miss the rest of 2017 including both Champions League group stage clashes with Celtic.
#Rummenigge: "Manuel will be back to his previous best and available to us again in January" - more info on #Neuer 👉 https://t.co/GMCDgw8ySa pic.twitter.com/OIfXo6HBUf
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) September 19, 2017
Brendan Rodgers' side travel to face the German champions on 18 October in the third round of the Champions League group stages, before welcoming them to Celtic Park on 31 October.
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