Report: Injury prevented Bayern Munich’s talented youngster David Santos Daiber from getting more playing time

Munich, Germany - March 6: David Santos Daiber of Bayern Muenchen controls the ball during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and Borussia Mönchengladbach at Allianz Arena on March 6, 2026 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Marco Steinbrenner/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) | DeFodi Images via Getty Images Remember that wonderful week in which Bayern Munich’s players were all fit and ready to play? How along ago that now seems.

Bayern’s first team has been hit with many injuries since then, with nearly the entire bench in the most recent Bundesliga game- at the time of writing- against Union Berlin fitting just 3 senior team players on it. It was an opportunity for multiple youngsters to make the first team squad and even for Maycon Cardozo to get on the pitch as well as see 16-year-old midfielder Erblin Osmani make his first team debut. But if it were not for injury, Osmani would likely not have made his debut.

Kerry Hau says via the Mia san vier podcast, as captured by @iMiaSanMia_GER , that another, more familiar midfielder would have played instead: David Santos Daiber would probably have played against Union Berlin if he hadn’t been injured. Now he’s on the verge of his comeback. Daiber had suffered a thigh muscle injury in training around mid-March and therefore could not play against the Berlin based side.

Still, it sounds as if he will be back after the end of the international break and will likely get more chances to play minutes at Bundesliga level this season.