Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae is set to miss the next “couple of weeks” with an Achilles injury, Vincent Kompany has confirmed. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga game against Union Berlin, the Bayern head coach explained the 28-year-old centre-back was set for a short spell on the sidelines.

In the matches against Bayer Leverkusen, Kim Min-jae played all two games, managing to keep a clean sheet. He was also selected as part of the team of the week for the second leg of the round of 16 by the football statistics site WhoScored.com.

Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae has been dropped from the South Korea squad ahead of their home World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Jordan due to an Achilles tendon injury, the Korean Football Association said on Saturday.