Leaders close to full strength

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    <span class="fcc003318px">Leaders close to full strength for Wolfsburg clash</span></p>

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    Ottmar Hitzfeld will have been keeping a watchful and tense eye on his mobile phone this Thursday morning: the Bayern coach has introduced a new rule requiring his internationals to contact him immediately if they have collected an injury while appearing for their countries.

    &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not been the case up to now, so I&rsquo;m assuming they&rsquo;re all fit,&ldquo; Hitzfeld said before the afternoon training session. The club had ten men away on international duty this week, but the majority had in any case already returned to the S&auml;bener Stra&szlig;e and took part in the workout. The only player still making his way back was Belgium&rsquo;s Daniel van Buyten, involved in a convoluted return journey from faraway Azerbaijan.

    Who will stand in for Lucio?

    The refreshing news means Hitzfeld picks from close on a full squad for Saturday&rsquo;s home Bundesliga meeting with Felix Magath&rsquo;s VfL Wolfsburg. The only confirmed absentees are long-term casualty Marcell Jansen, the suspended Lucio and Bastian Schweinsteiger (knee).

    Hitzfeld declined to reveal any details of his selection thoughts, although a key question will be the identity of the man asked to deputise at centre-half for Lucio. There could also be a return to the matchday squad for Willy Sagnol, after the France star came through two outings with the reserves unscathed.</div></p>
     

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