By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

De Ligt returns to team training

Bayern Munich have announced that Matthijs de Ligt returned to training with the team on Thursday.
Matthijs de Ligt returned to training with his teammates on Thursday, Bayern Munich have confirmed.

The 24-year-old, who has been sidelined since early November with a knee injury, completed parts of the team's training session.

This marks another step forward in the Dutch defender's recovery, but he will need a little more time before he can return to action.

De Ligt sustained the injury in Bayern's DFB-Pokal defeat to Saarbrücken on November 1.

The German champions next face Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Sunday evening.

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