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Bayern Goalkeeper Crisis Puts 16-Year-Old Prescott on Standby for Champions League Second Leg

A Monday concussion assessment for Jonas Urbig will determine if the U19 keeper must make an emergency debut.

Overview

  • FC Bayern confirmed Sven Ulreich sustained a muscle bundle tear in his right adductors, and Manuel Neuer remains out with a left calf muscle fiber tear.
  • Jonas Urbig suffered a concussion late in the 6–1 first leg at Atalanta, with a decisive medical check scheduled Monday and his availability described as roughly 50–50 by SPORT1.
  • With Leon Klanac also sidelined, 16-year-old Leonard Prescott has been elevated as a potential starter for Wednesday’s return leg.
  • If selected, Prescott would become Bayern’s youngest goalkeeper in a competitive match and the youngest to appear in the Champions League.
  • Prescott, a 1.96 m U19 regular born in New York and raised in Berlin, holds German and U.S. citizenship, joined from Union Berlin in 2023, and has already been in Bayern’s senior matchday squads.