Robben gives up hope of a return against Dortmund

Bayern Munich's veteran Dutch winger Arjen Robben has admitted he is unlikely to make a fairy-tale return from injury in the Bundesliga club's top-of-the-table clash against Borussia Dortmund next week.

Robben, 35, has been out of action for several months and is set to leave Bayern after a decade of service at the end of this season. An iconic figure at the club, he had hoped to return to fitness in time for the Dortmund game, but now appears to have given up on the idea.

"I still don't know whether I will be fit, we will have to see, but I think it is probably unrealistic," Robben told Munich newspaper Abendzeitung at a charity run in central Munich on Wednesday evening.

"I am on the road to recovery, but I am not yet training with the team," he said.

"I think it will take a bit more time. All I can do is keep working hard and fighting to get back on the pitch."