Borussia Dortmund winger Marco Reus has a minor heel problem and will not be in the squad for their Bundesliga game against Bayern Munich this evening, the club have said.

Reus, who missed Euro 2016 and has not played since he suffered an adductor muscle injury in May, returned to team training this week and was reported to be in contention, despite a lack of match fitness.

“Marco has minor heel problems. In order to not risk anything given his very long absence, playing is not possible tomorrow (today),” Dortmund said yesterday.

The Ruhr valley club, who have already qualified for the Cham-pions League’s knockout stage, are fifth in the Bundesliga, six points behind second-placed Bayern who will be without winger Arjen Robben this evening.

The Dutchman was ruled out with a muscle injury he sustained on international duty, coach Carlo Ancelotti said.

Ancelotti said defender Javi Martinez and winger Kingsley Coman were also ruled out for the Dortmund clash.

Robben was injured while playing for Netherlands against Luxembourg last week but hoped to be fit for the match.

Brazilian Douglas Costa and Chile’s Arturo Vidal were doubtful after they also returned with minor injuries from their international matches, Ancelotti said.

“We had a lot of problems with the international matches,” said the Italian.

“Other teams have problems as well. The schedule in the European competitions is too full. I am no sports administrator but there has to be a solution.”

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