Gomez sustained the injury early in August and Bayern were initially hopeful the prolific striker would be fully fit again within the first two weeks of October.

However, the 27-year-old only just resumed individual training action, and club doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt has stressed Bayern will not rush the centre-forward's comeback.

"We have to be careful. We are taking things one step at a time in his recovery process. We want him to be able to make a risk-free comeback without having to worry about anything," Muller-Wohlfahrt was quoted as saying by Bild.

Gomez is now expected to resume regular training action in two weeks , and could return to match action by early November.