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Thousands Expected for Pep's first Bayern Training

Some 25,000 Bayern Munich fans are expected for Pep Guardiola's first training session in charge of the team on Wednesday.

Such is the interest in seeing the Spanish coach in action, that Bayern has taken the unusual step of holding open training sessions at its 69,000-seat stadium on Wednesday and Thursday.

Former Barcelona coach Guardiola was to have most of his new squad available, including the German national team members, but excluding Brazilians Dante and Luiz Gustavo as well as Spain's Javi Martinez who are at the Confederations Cup.

Former Borussia Dortmund forward Mario Gotze is out with a muscle injury, defender Holger Badstuber is out long term with a cruciate injury, and Bastian Schweinsteiger was only to take part in light training after an operation on his foot.

Source: Associated Press


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