Munich's "Bayern" club's safe backbone Javi Martinez will not run onto the field in the coming calendar year.
The Spanish national team player suffered a cruciate ligament injury and will not be able to help either the Bavarian team or the national team until the new year.
The footballer suffered the injury in Wednesday's German Super Cup match between the "Bayern" and "Borussia" clubs. The defender was carried off the field on a stretcher just half an hour after the start of the match.
"It's obvious that I am very disappointed, but don't worry - I will come back even stronger!", - optimistically looked towards the future J.Martinez.
The footballer moved to "Bayern" in the summer of 2012 from the Basque team "Athletic Bilbao." At that time, the Bavarians did not spare 40 million euros for him.