Coach Louis van Gaal expected in the first round of the Bundesliga not a return of national player Holger Badstuber. “I hope so, but I do not think it is,” said the Dutchman.The 21-year-old Badstuber falling since the end of October with a pubic bone inflammation. This injury could make it “not a prediction,” said van Gaal. The failure of Badstuber in central defense weigh heavily: “He has done a very good development, we need him..”
A “very positive” development of certified trainers Arjen Robben, who because of the World Cup in South Africa suffered muscle tear in his left thigh in the season has not yet been used. The Dutch international completed by now intense individual training. As things currently stand is to seal in the winter training camp in Doha, Qatar train (2 to 9 January 2011) back with the team.