Breno out of Bayern´s Qatar trip

Bayern Munich defender Breno will not be allowed to travel with his team-mates to January’s training camp in Qatar.

The Brazilian spent 12 days in prison in connection with a fire at his home in Grunwald, and one of the conditions of his release on October 6 was that he not be allowed to leave the country.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern had hoped that Breno would be granted special dispensation to attend the club’s training camp in Qatar between January 2 and 9, but the district court of Munich rejected the request.

“The reporting requirements have been eased slightly but Mr Borges (Breno) cannot travel,” Thomas Steinkraus-Koch, spokesman for the prosecution, told Bild. “The defence has the opportunity to appeal against this ruling.”

Breno, who has been undergoing psychotherapy since his release, arrived at Bayern from Sao Paulo in 2008 but has struggled to nail down a regular berth at the Bavarian club.

He has been linked with a move to league rivals Hertha Berlin.