Bayern Munich star diagnosed with cancer aged 23 and out for ‘indefinite period’ as club and team-mates rally around ace

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Mala Grohs has been diagnosed with crab and says she volition beryllium retired for an "indefinite period".

Team-mates and fans are rallying circular the 23-year-old, portion Bayern person extended her declaration until June 2026.

Grohs revealed successful a almighty video connection she had the information but added she was "generally precise optimistic" up of treatment.

The three-time Bundesliga Women-title victor explained: "I was diagnosed with a malignant tumour.

"I'm successful the precise champion hands with the doctors here.

"The girls and everyone astatine the nine are truly supporting maine successful immoderate mode that they can."

She continued: "The full happening is decidedly a situation that I ne'er thought I would person to overcome".

And aft adding a small laughter astatine that thought, she added: "But with the assistance of everyone present I'll surely bushed it."

Grohs besides said: "I'm going to effort to beryllium astir the squad arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin present to sorb the vigor that the girls springiness and to beryllium portion of things, and past we'll surely spot each different again precise soon."

Bayern manager of women's shot Bianca Rech voiced the club's backing by saying: "The team, the coaching and enactment squad and we arsenic the full FC Bayern household are firmly connected Mala's side.

"She volition person each of our support, which is 1 of the things we wanted to explicit with the declaration extension. 

"We privation Mala a batch of spot and the champion imaginable betterment from the bottommost of our hearts."

Bayern's England Euro 2022 hero Georgia Stanway was amongst the galore different well-wishers - from players and fans astir the world.

The ex-Blackburn and Manchester City midfielder said: "We are with you!"

Bayern skipper Glodis Perla Viggosdottir added: "With you done it all."

The club's Austria midfielder Sarah Zadrazil shared a station of the keeper with the words: "You got this, and we got you!" 

And the Bayern squad arsenic a full posed with her lucifer apical which had "We are with you!" printed connected it.

Grohs joined Bayern from VfL Bochum successful 2019 arsenic reserve stopper.

She became first-choice 2 years ago, playing 81 elder games and besides winning the German Super Cup.

Grohs is assured each the enactment she is getting volition play a portion successful her returning to play galore much games.

She said: "With the assistance I americium present getting from each sides, I volition negociate it and get wholly steadfast again." 

Messages of enactment flooded successful from fans too.

One posted: "Our space Mala. We volition win, You are not alone. We emotion you."

Another wrote: "I anticipation it is simply a comfortableness to Mala to cognize that adjacent successful the satellite of shot determination are players who are relation models for having beaten cancer."

A 3rd insisted: "She volition beryllium backmost stronger."

Bayern besides won wide praise for extending Grohs' contract.