Chile's Eduardo Vargas fights for the ball with Spain's Javi Martinez (C) during their 2014 World Cup Group B soccer match at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez will undergo surgery and is out for the rest of the year after tearing cruciate ligaments in his left knee in Wednesday's German Super Cup defeat by Borussia Dortmund, the German champions said on Thursday.
The holding midfielder will fly to the United States in the coming days to undergo surgery, Bayern said in a statement.
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