Another goalkeeper crisis at FC Bayern! Jonas Urbig leaves the Germany squad

For Urbig, the situation is particularly bitter, as he had only been called up by national team coach Julian Nagelsmann for the first time last week. Now his debut with the senior national team has come to a premature end. Following the earlier withdrawals of Aleksandar Pavlovic and Felix Nmecha, as well as Jamie Leweling’s departure, this is the latest change to the squad.

At least there is some reassurance: “It’s more of a precautionary measure. Nothing serious. We’ve assessed the situation. We have to be sensible,” said national coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday evening.

The national coach has subsequently called up Finn Dahmen of FC Augsburg for the matches against Switzerland on Friday in Basel and Ghana on Monday. The 27-year-old was already part of the squad for several training camps in autumn 2025.

Whilst the national team was able to quickly compensate for Urbig’s absence, his latest injury at Bayern Munich is likely to raise eyebrows once again – despite the cautious reassurances from the DFB camp. The Munich side have been struggling with significant personnel problems in the goalkeeping department for weeks. First-choice goalkeeper Manuel Neuer remains sidelined, and with Sven Ulreich and Leon Klanac also out, the nominal third and fourth-choice goalkeepers are missing too.

Urbig’s availability for Bayern had already been in doubt ahead of the Champions League return leg against Atalanta Bergamo following a concussion. Should Urbig now be sidelined for longer, the record champions face another goalkeeping crisis after the international break.

In an emergency, a young goalkeeper could once again come into focus: most recently, 16-year-old Leonard Prescott was already available as a potential alternative.