Robert Lewandowski has returned to full Bayern Munich coaching after recovering from knee ligament injury.
Bayern’s famous person striker has not performed since Poland’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Andorra on March 28.
However after practically a month out, the membership confirmed on Wednesday Lewandowski “accomplished nearly all of full coaching”, with coach Hansi Flick optimistic he may function at Mainz on Saturday.
Bayern additionally had Serge Gnabry, getting back from coronavirus, and Corentin Tolisso, out since February with a thigh harm, again in mild coaching.
The defending Bundesliga champions can clinch one other title this weekend and could be delighted to welcome again Lewandowski.
Regardless of lacking a number of weeks, the 32-year-old nonetheless leads all gamers in Europe’s ‘high 5’ leagues in objectives (42) and objective involvements (50) in all competitions.
Lewandowski has scored with 28.8 per cent of his pictures throughout 36 matches, though he has additionally missed 25 Opta-defined ‘huge possibilities’. Solely Duvan Zapata (29) and Cristiano Ronaldo (27) have squandered extra, although that is possible all the way down to the sheer variety of possibilities that come their means.
Of his objectives, 35 have come within the Bundesliga, placing Lewandowski simply 5 shy of Gerd Muller’s 1971-72 report of 40, albeit now with solely 4 video games remaining.
The home competitors will probably be Lewandowski’s sole focus after Bayern exited the Champions League to Paris Saint-Germain on away objectives in his absence.
Lewandowski was badly missed as Bayern scored simply three objectives from 45 pictures and eight ‘huge possibilities’ over the 2 legs. Within the 3-2 residence defeat, their 31 makes an attempt had been price 3.8 anticipated objectives, that means they need to have netted roughly twice as many they did.
Not since Galatasaray misplaced 4-1 to Arsenal in December 2014 regardless of 32 efforts had a crew been overwhelmed whereas trying 30 pictures or extra in a Champions League sport that didn’t go to additional time.
Again-up Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored residence and away in opposition to his former membership, nevertheless, and had 4 objectives in six video games whereas Lewandowski was out.
Solely Gerard Moreno (six), Kylian Mbappe and Memphis Depay (each 5) within the ‘high 5’ leagues netted extra in all competitions over this era.