Schweinsteiger only back in 2012

Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will only make his return from injury in January 2012 with his club FC Bayern Munich not pushing him to return onto the field to play the final Bundesliga game of the year against 1.FC Cologne at home tonight.

Schweinsteiger had broken his collarbone in a UEFA Champions League match against SSC Napoli on November 2, when he had gone up in a one-to-one against Gökhan Inler and fell awkwardly. He was operated that night, but it needed weeks to heal. Schweinsteiger had hoped to make a comeback before christmas, but that hope has now been dashed by the club doctors.

Bastian Schweinsteiger has been back in training for the last few days, but he will only return to full team training in January at the Bavarians mid-season training camp in Qatar.

Fans of the midfielder in India hope that Schweinsteiger will be fit enough to play for Bayern Munich against Team India at the Audi Football Summit on January 10, 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.