Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was on Monday picked among 28 past and present stars for world governing body FIFA's campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philipp Lahm stepped retired from international football after leading Germany to the 2014 World Cup and has a contract with Bayern Munich until 2018
Bayern Munich, who lost for the first time this season with a 1-3 humbling at Moenchengladbach last Saturday, produced a subdued performance against Ingolstadt before pulling away with two second-half goals
Philipp Lahm praised his side for their resilience with star wingers Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Douglas Costa amongst those currently injured.
Pep Guardiola is in the third and final year of his current FC Bayern Munich contract and has said he will announce his future plans before Christmas with the Bundesliga set to start the winter break on December 20.
Philipp Lahm revealed that he was interested to join the English Premier League but then preferred Bundesliga and stayed back at Bayern Munich.
Reports in Germany over the weekend claimed United had tabled an 85 million euro ($97.5 million) bid for the Germany international as they look to secure a marquee signing for the season.
Phillip Lahm retired from the national side following Germany's success in the World Cup in 2014. He is considered by many to be one of the best full backs of his generation, and was included in the World Cup team of the tournament in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Philipp Lahm had fractured his leg while in training in November and had to get a plate with six screws inserted to repair his injury.
Philipp Lahm has been ruled out for the next three months after fracturing his ankle in training.
Philipp Lahm broke his right ankle in training on Tuesday.
Having finished second to Bayern Munich in the league for the last two years, Borussia Dortmund have endured their worst start to a league season for 27 years and are 15th in the table with just two wins from their opening nine games.
Club captains Philipp Lahm and Manuel Neuer and coach Pep Guardiola presented the football-loving pontiff with a Bayern shirt signed by all the players with the German version of his chosen name, Franziskus, and a number 1 printed on the back.
World champions Germany have managed just four points from their three Euro 2016 qualfiers. Retirement of big stars and injuries to some of the current heroes in the team has compounded the problem.
Germany defeated Argentina to win World Cup 2014. The two teams face off once again but the Germans would be without Philipp Lahm who has retired, leaving Bastian Schweinsteiger as the top contender for his post.
Philipp Lahm ended his international career just five days after leading his country to World Cup glory in Brazil.
Philipp Lahm, one of the best defenders of his generation, has played 113 games for Germany in an international career that started in February, 2004 in a 2-1 win over Croatia. His last game was the 1-0 win over Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday.
Germany's Philipp Lahm is standing down at the top of his game, only 30 and just five days after joining an elite club of 20 World Cup winning captains when his country lifted the 2014 trophy, which puts him up with Diego Maradona, Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore.
