Bayern without Schweinsteiger for at least two weeks


German soccer player Bastian Schweinsteiger gestures to fans on a stage during celebrations to mark the team's 2014 Brazil World Cup victory, at a 'fan mile' public viewing zone in Berlin July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out for at least two weeks with a knee problem, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Tuesday.

Schweinsteiger, who has been nursing a patella tendon injury in his left knee for months and needed treatment during Germany's victorious World Cup campaign in June and July, has not yet played this season.

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