Munich - Bayern Munich and Germany striker Miroslav Klose will be sidelined for up to two months over an ankle injury, Munich's general manager Uli Hoeness told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily on Monday.

The paper, on its website, quoted Hoeness as saying that Klose was due to undergo surgery later Monday "and will then miss six to eight weeks."

Klose will not only miss upcoming Bundesliga matches but also Munich's European Champions League quarter-finals and two World Cup qualifiers for Germany.

The 30-year-old damaged ligaments in his right ankle in Bayern's 3-0 defeat of VfL Bochum on Saturday when he stepped into a small hole on the pitch.

The injury added to Munich's attacking woes with Luca Toni and Franck Ribery sidelined and Landon Donovan back in the US after Bayern decided against a transfer. Fourth-choice Lukas Podolski is Munich's only striker at the moment.

But Hoeness said that Ribery and Toni could both return for the weekend's league match against bottom club SC Karlsruhe. Bayern rank second, four points behind leaders Hertha Berlin. (dpa)