The winger has endured a difficult year due to ankle problems and another recurrence could see him call it quits <\/p>\n
Bayern Munich and France winger Kingsley Coman could bring a premature end to his football career if his ankle injuries persist.<\/p>\n
Still just 22, Coman is regarded as one of the most promising young players in the world, but fitness problems have severely restricted him in recent years.<\/p>\n
This term he has made\u00a0just three appearances for Bayern in the Bundesliga, while he managed only 21 last season and 19 the campaign before.<\/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 The former Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus winger featured in Bayern’s two most recent league outings after over three months out with damaged ankle ligaments, a recurrence of an issue which saw him miss a similar amount of time towards the end of last season.<\/p>\n He also suffered\u00a0injuries during the 2016\/17 season that saw him miss nearly three months of the campaign, including torn knee ligaments and serious ankle problems.<\/p>\n His patience is starting to wear thin and another comparable injury could see him call it quits despite his young age.<\/p>\n “It was a very difficult year,” Coman told TF1<\/em>. “When I hurt myself, it was the end of the world for me.<\/p>\n “I hope I don’t have to relive what I’ve been through, enough is enough. I will not accept a third operation \u2013 it will mean maybe my foot is not made for this level.<\/p>\n “I will then lead another life, an anonymous life.”<\/p>\n Losing Coman would be a blow for a Bayern outfit set to lose veteran winger Arjen Robben at the end of the season\u00a0upon the expiry of his contract, while Franck Ribery is 35 years old.<\/p>\n Coman and Bayern face Ajax next in their crunch Champions League tie. Ajax need\u00a0to win to secure top spot in the group, while Bayern\u00a0will qualify first\u00a0with\u00a0a draw or a win.<\/p>\n Following that game, they\u00a0travel\u00a0to Hannover in domestic action as they attempt to close the nine-point gap between them and Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The winger has endured a difficult year due to ankle problems and another recurrence could see him call it quits Bayern Munich and France winger Kingsley Coman could bring a premature end to his football career if his ankle injuries persist. Still just 22, Coman is regarded as one of the most promising young players…<\/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-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","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=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n