{"id":660326,"date":"2026-05-10T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660326\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:26:12","slug":"bayern-munich-greatly-concerned-by-alphonso-davies-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich ‘greatly concerned’ by Alphonso Davies injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s historic World Cup kicks off in just one month. But the captain and face of the men\u2019s program likely won\u2019t play in CanMNT\u2019s June 12 opener.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich confirmed on Friday that star left back Alphonso Davies would miss several weeks with a left hamstring injury suffered Wednesday during\u00a0Bayern Munich\u2019s Champions League semi-final exit to PSG<\/a>. Davies provided a late assist to Harry Kane in the second leg as Bayern\u2019s comeback fell short. He has once again fallen on the trainer\u2019s table for what\u2019s likely to be four to five weeks.<\/p>\n

The injury issues have been endless for the 25 year-old since he tore his ACL last March on the turf at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles while on international duty. Amid the plague of injuries the CanMNT has dealt with this year, the latest Davies setback is by far the most devastating.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysically, I\u2019m not worried about him. He\u2019ll be back and everything will be fine. But mentally, it\u2019s extremely tough,\u201d Bayern manager Vincent Kompany said on Saturday after Bayern\u2019s 1-0 win away to Wolfsburg. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese small injuries that keep coming back are difficult to deal with. We\u2019ll see what happens regarding the World Cup. We\u2019re helping and supporting him. I\u2019d just look Phonzie in the eye and tell him to keep going. There\u2019s no other way. He shouldn\u2019t be afraid. Fear is the biggest enemy in this kind of situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadians may struggle to feel empowered by the Belgian\u2019s fearlessness. The idea of the CanMNT playing a World Cup without Canada\u2019s most talented player is terrifying.<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy: Sean Pollock\/Canadian Soccer Daily<\/p>\n

Related Read: Canada\u2019s left back options if Alphonso Davies misses the World Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n

But, just how bad is it?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hearing a great degree of concern coming from Bayern,\u201d German football expert Raphael Honigstein told TSN\u2019s Park The Bus<\/a> on Friday. \u201cBecause this is the third time his hamstrings been a problem since he\u2019s come back from his ACL. Every time he got the all clear to play again, he literally got injured the moment he stepped back on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is the devastating reality of the last seven months for the Canadian superstar. On Wednesday against PSG, Davies played just one half of action. Yet 45 minutes proved too much for Phonzie\u2019s hampered hammies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s any doubt over his fitness Bayern will be very wary of allowing Canada to rush him back after what happened with the ACL a year ago,\u201d Honigstein said. \u201cI can see this developing into a bit of a tussle with both medical departments perhaps not having the similar opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bayern were furious with Canada Soccer after Davies was flown back to Germany misdiagnosed last March after the CONCACAF Nations League third place match against the United States. Flying with a ACL rupture is incredibly dangerous with potentially life threatening consequences. Thankfully Davies made it to Munich and was correctly diagnosed, but the German club and Davies\u2019 agent traded jabs with Canada Soccer before Marsch and Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue flew to Munich to smooth things over.<\/p>\n

Related Read: Alistair Johnston: \u2018I\u2019ve learned my lesson\u2019 about hamstring injury recovery<\/a><\/p>\n

Now with the clock ticking fast before the biggest match in the history of the CanMNT program, nerves on this side of the Atlantic are completely shot. With a four to five week recovery projection, Davies may not even get a training session in before Canada\u2019s opener in Toronto against Bosnia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think best case scenario, they\u2019ll get him fit, and he\u2019ll come in maybe for the second or third game, if Canada, they\u2019ll go beyond that. I think he\u2019s got a realistic chance, but for the first game, I think it\u2019s going to be very, very tight.\u201c<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe Davies hasn\u2019t played for Canada since March of 2025. But, without a doubt he\u2019ll do everything he possible can to be fit to play for his country at the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s historic World Cup kicks off in just one month. But the captain and face of the men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[128303,49,48,184210,44,561,82],"class_list":["post-660326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alphonso-davies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canmnt","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}