The winger admitted his team\u2019s age may be at least part of the cause of their struggles this season <\/p>\n
Bayern Munich attacker Kingsley Coman thinks the reigning Bundesliga champions are a solid group but\u00a0are ageing and could be in need for some reinforcements.<\/p>\n
Bayern have reigned supreme over the Bundesliga for six straight seasons and entered this season looking to continue that dominance, but are off to a slow start to the campaign.<\/p>\n
The club currently sit fifth in the table on goal difference and find themselves seven points behind league-leaders Borussia Dortmund after losing to them in this season\u2019s first Der Klassiker last weekend at the Signal Iduna Park.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n New head coach Niko Kovac has come under criticism for the start to the campaign, but Coman concedes the problems may well go beyond the manager.<\/p>\n Bayern featured five starters age 30 or over against Dortmund with two more players in the XI age 29, and on average were 3.7 years older than their opponents.<\/p>\n That age situation is something Coman admitted might\u00a0need\u00a0addressing.<\/p>\n “We have a very good team, but it’s true: It’s ageing a bit,” Coman said. “You must think about new players at the right time.”<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Coman also delivered an update on his own return to the field<\/p>\n Coman was injured in August after being fouled in a match against Hoffenheim. Tests revealed a syndesmosis ligament tear in his left ankle, the same ankle he injured last season, which required surgery.<\/p>\n However, Coman says he is on the mend and should be able to return shortly.<\/p>\n “It’ll take me two more weeks and then I’ll be back,” Coman said.<\/p>\n Following the international break, Bayern returns to action against Fortuna Dusseldorf on November 24 before facing Benfica in the Champions League three days later.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The winger admitted his team\u2019s age may be at least part of the cause of their struggles this season Bayern Munich attacker Kingsley Coman thinks the reigning Bundesliga champions are a solid group but\u00a0are ageing and could be in need for some reinforcements. Bayern have reigned supreme over the Bundesliga for six straight seasons and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n