Bayern's Schweinsteiger likely out of Hanover match

23 March 2012 13:16

Bayern Munich will be without Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger for Saturday's Bundesliga match against Hanover, according to the Bavarian club's sporting director Christian Nerlinger.

Schweinsteiger, 27, tore ankle ligaments in the quarter-final win over Stuttgart on February 8 and although he played 20 minutes in the 7-1 Bundesliga hammering of Hoffenheim earlier this month, he is still refinding his fitness.

"The problem will not stretch over the coming weeks," Nerlinger said, without giving a new comeback date.

Source: AFP