Florian Wirtz will miss Bayer Leverkusen’s return fixture in opposition to Bayern Munich within the Champions League after being sidelined for a number of weeks with a ligament harm.
Xabi Alonso’s staff had been crushed 2-0 by Werder Bremen on Saturday as they did not make the most of Bayern dropping 3-2 to Bochum, staying eight factors behind the Bundesliga leaders.
Wirtz got here on as a half-time substitute as Alonso shuffled his pack for that match, solely to be withdrawn quickly afterwards with an ankle problem.
The Bundesliga champions, who face a 3-0 first-leg deficit of their all-German Champions League tie, will now be with out Wirtz for an undisclosed interval.
“Bayer 04 must handle with out Florian Wirtz,” the membership mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
“The Germany worldwide suffered a ligament harm in his proper ankle within the house sport in opposition to Werder Bremen on Saturday.
“The 21-year-old midfielder can be out of motion for a number of weeks.”
Florian Wirtz will face a spell on the sidelines. Hold your head up and are available again stronger, Flo! pic.twitter.com/jcWSSQLV4d
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) March 10, 2025
Wirtz, who has scored 9 targets and arrange one other 10 within the Bundesliga this season, has additionally netted six instances within the Champions League.
He will even miss Germany’s Nations League quarter-final tie in opposition to Italy, with the groups set to do battle throughout two legs on March 20 and March 23.
Wirtz can be unlikely to return by April 1, when DFB-Pokal holders Leverkusen face Arminia Bielefeld within the semi-finals of that competitors.
“The lack of Florian clearly hits us exhausting on this part of the season however we are going to compensate for him with a powerful squad,” mentioned Simon Rolfes, Bayer’s sporting director.
“We all know Florian and in addition know he’ll come again as quickly as potential. We’re assuming he can be totally match once more for the run-in.”
