Alphonso Davies’s agent says the Canada captain was pressured to begin towards the U.S. on the weekend in a sport that noticed him go down with a knee damage.
Bayern Munich mentioned Wednesday that Davies can be sidelined “for a lengthy period” after present process surgical procedure to restore a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his proper knee.
The damage comes some 15 months earlier than the beginning of the 2026 World Cup, which Canada is co-hosting.
The 24-year-old from Edmonton left Sunday’s 2-1 win over the United States within the CONCACAF Nations League third-place sport within the twelfth minute favouring his knee. He appeared to fall awkwardly difficult for the ball within the Canadian penalty field at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Davies was scheduled to endure surgical procedure Wednesday.
“Alphonso was not 100 per cent after the Mexico game [Thursday] and it was planned that he was not going to start against the U.S.A.,” agent Nick Huoseh mentioned in a press release supplied to OneSoccer. “On Saturday night the expectation was he would not be in the [starting] 11. As a captain, I feel he was pressured to start the game by the coach. Alphonso is not the kind of guy to say no in those moments. He ended up playing and look what happened.
“Canada Soccer must do a greater job managing these gamers.”
WATCH | Davies exits early with knee issue:
Canadian star Alphonso Davies left the CONCACAF Nations League third place game against the U.S. with a right lower leg injury.
Huoseh said Davies was “down and clearly very disenchanted about this damage.”
Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Monday that the Bayern Munich star fullback was feeling “a bit of bit spooked as a result of it was his knee and it moved in a sure method” when he went down early in the U.S. game.
Marsch said Davies had been “nursing a bit of little bit of an damage’ and had undergone a health take a look at earlier than the match.
Laryea would have began if unharmed
Marsch additionally mentioned if Richie Laryea had been accessible — the Toronto FC fullback/wingback has been sidelined by a hamstring damage — he most likely would have began Laryea at left again.
Davies was making his 58th look for Canada.
Bayern, in a social media submit, confirmed Davies had torn his ACL. On its official web site, it didn’t present a selected timeline for Davies’s return apart from to say he can be unavailable for “several months.”
Canada is subsequent in motion in early June on the Canadian Shield event, a four-country competitors in Toronto. Davies was not anticipated to be a part of the CONCACAF Gold Cup that follows later in June given Bayern’s participation within the FIFA Club World Cup.
There was extra unhealthy information from Bayern with phrase that centre again Dayot Upamecano can be out for “several weeks” with an issue in his left knee following his return from taking part in each legs of France’s quarterfinal win over Croatia within the UEFA Nations League.
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Canada defeated U.S. 2-1 Sunday to say third place on the CONCACAF Nations League after Jonathan David’s purpose stood up because the winner in Los Angeles.
Upamecano was identified with unfastened our bodies in his left knee, anticipated to sideline him for a number of weeks.
“In international breaks there is unfortunately always a danger that players come back injured, and this time it has hit us especially hard,” Bayern’s board member for sport Max Eberl mentioned Wednesday. “The absences of Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano weigh heavily on FC Bayern.
“Phonzy will get all of the help he wants on his highway to restoration. We’ll even be protecting an in depth eye on Upa within the coming weeks and count on him to be accessible once more quickly. We have a robust squad and can compensate for these absences. We’ll now develop even nearer collectively. The high quality is there to proceed pursuing our large objectives.”
The accidents may imply Bayern depends extra on central defender Kim Min-jae, who returned to coaching Monday after an Achilles tendon damage pressured him to overlook worldwide video games for South Korea. It may additionally imply extra sport time for Bayern’s fringe gamers like centre again Eric Dier, left again Raphael Guerreiro and versatile defender Hiroki Ito.
Bayern subsequent performs St. Pauli within the Bundesliga on Saturday and faces Inter Milan within the quarterfinals of the Champions League subsequent month.
