Jamal Musiala illness: Bayern’s Uli Hoeness says it cannot be cured By Thiago Lemos
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Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness said Jamal Musiala has an illness that cannot simply be cured and can only be managed to some extent with medication. Speaking on the BR programme Sonntags-Stammtisch, Hoeness described the situation as a dilemma for the club, which is now weighing its options around the 23-year-old midfielder.
Hoeness also said the condition is not covered by the insurance included in Musiala’s contract. He doubted whether the German international will ever return to the level of performance he had before, while stating that the player is still receiving his salary.
“We are in a dilemma,” Hoeness said in the interview. He went on to ask what would happen if the club questioned the deal now.
“Just imagine if Bayern Munich were now to call his contract into question,” Hoeness said, adding that “what he can deliver now is no longer what is written in the contract.”
Absence seizures diagnosed after two collapses in August
The problem surfaced during the preparation for the European season. Musiala collapsed on 15 August 2026 in a pre-season friendly against RB Leipzig, right after he scored, and collapsed again three days later against Heidenheim. Medical tests then confirmed recurring absence seizures, a neurological condition that requires continuous monitoring.
Musiala later explained on Instagram that the episodes were brief and temporary, and that they were treatable. He also had a muscle problem at the end of September, when he was pulled from the Germany starting lineup before a match against the Netherlands because of a thigh problem during warm-up.
Musiala’s numbers in the 2026/27 season
The player’s appearances this season reflect the time lost to treatment and to the physiotherapy room:
- Four matches in official competitions
- Two starts in the starting eleven
- Two goals scored in German and European competitions
- More than five weeks out with a muscle tear before returning to team training on 6 November 2026
Bayern’s leadership is holding closed-door meetings to decide the legal and medical course regarding the contract. The club has not announced a public deadline for a formal decision between the parties.
