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Bayern Munich welcome back key quartet to training

Bayern Munich manager Niko Kovac will be buoyed by the return of four senior players to training on Sunday.

Manuel Neuer, Thiago Alcantara, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben all missed Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, but could return to the squad soon.

Neuer had played ever league game all season for the German champions before being forced to sit out Sunday’s game due to a hand injury.

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Midfielder Thiago also missed the trip to the BayArena due to what head coach Niko Kovac described as "neuromuscular problems”.

Veteran wingers Robben and Ribery, meanwhile, have been struggling with respective thigh injuries and have not played since the turn of the year.