Bayern Munich could hand 16-year-old goalkeeper Leonard Prescott his first-team debut within the Champions League on Wednesday.
The German giants have three goalkeepers fighting harm and if Jonas Urbig fails to get well from concussion then Prescott will play within the second leg of their final 16 tie towards Atalanta, head coach Vincent Kompany mentioned.
Urbig sustained his harm in Bayern’s 6-1 victory in Italy final week, whereas common starter Manuel Neuer is working in the direction of full health after a muscle tear and third-choice keeper Sven Ulreich picked up an adductor situation in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen.
“Jonas educated usually at the moment [Tuesday]. The choice tomorrow will probably be a medical one,” Kompany mentioned.
“If all the things goes nicely then Urbig will probably be in aim. If not then we should discover one other resolution.”
Prescott, a German youth worldwide who performs for Bayern’s under-19s, would require clearance from German labour authorities to work within the night as he’s a teen.
He has been on Bayern’s bench of their previous two matches with fellow teenage keeper Leon Klanac, 19, additionally out with a thigh harm.
Reserve staff keeper Janis Bartl, 19, has featured on the Bayern bench in two Bundesliga matches this season, however it’s Prescott who Kompany will flip to if obligatory.
“He [Prescott] may be very calm. General, we as a workers are additionally calm. If he performs tomorrow he could have our full backing. Everybody will assist,” Kompany added.
“There’ll by no means be a younger participant who will probably be pressured to play a predominant position. We’ve got full confidence in him no matter occurs tomorrow.”
Neuer, a World Cup winner and 12-time Bundesliga champion with Bayern, has performed 19 instances within the league this season, with the 37-year-old’s final look approaching 6 March.
Urbig, 22, has performed eight league matches, together with six begins, whereas Ulreich, 37, made his first look of the season on Saturday.
Bayern, the defending Bundesliga champions and present league leaders, will face both Actual Madrid or Manchester Metropolis within the final eight ought to they beat Atalanta.
