"He made a slight change to his treatment, which caused some side effects. It's perfectly normal to make changes to a treatment plan," Vincent Kompany said after explaining why Jamal Musiala had two collapses in four days against RB Leipzig and Heidenheim. Bayern München have now ruled him out of the Supercup opener against Borussia Dortmund, and Kompany said he will train individually for the rest of the week.
Musiala said he is being treated for a neurological dysfunction that causes temporary, brief but easily treatable seizures. That matters because the medical angle is now front and centre, not a footballing one, and Kompany's comments point to Bayern trying to manage the treatment change first and the player second.
Bayern's handling of Musiala
Kompany's other line was just as clear: "He is not in the squad. It is about him making the adaptation in the treatment." Bayern face Borussia Dortmund in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on Saturday, with Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern München still to come and Musiala absent from the squad.
The club have also made it plain this is not being treated as a short-term panic. Max Eberl said Bayern had known about Musiala's condition throughout the entire last season and that the players knew as well. Musiala has four appearances this season, 271 minutes and one goal, so Bayern have already been handling his load carefully before this latest setback.
Bayern's next listed competitive match after the Supercup is at home to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, which gives the club a little more time before they have to make any decision about his return to team training.
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