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Canada skipper Alphonso Davies has suffered a hamstring wounded that will sideline him for “several weeks”, Bayern Munich said connected Friday, perchance disrupting his World Cup preparations.
Davies was injured successful Wednesday’s 1-1 draw successful nan 2nd limb of nan Champions League semi-final against holders Paris Saint-Germain, who hit Bayern 6-5 connected aggregate.
The 25-year-old full-back is improbable to play again for Bayern this play and could look a title against clip to beryllium fresh for nan commencement of nan World Cup. Co-hosts Canada play Bosnia and Herzegovina successful their opening lucifer connected 12 June successful Toronto.
Canada Soccer said it is successful “close contact” pinch Davies and is keeping successful touch pinch Bayern’s aesculapian team.
“Our attraction is connected supporting his betterment and providing each disposable resource, including specialized soft insubstantial expertise, to springiness him nan champion imaginable pathway backmost to afloat fittingness up of nan FIFA World Cup,” nan federation said successful a statement.
It is nan latest setback for Davies, who has suffered a bid of musculus injuries aft returning from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear that kept him retired 8 months.
Davies suffered that ACL wounded connected world work pinch Canada successful nan Concacaf Nations League third-place playoff past March. Davies’s supplier issued a statement blaming Canada Soccer for starting him successful that game, while Bayern later accused nan federation of being “grossly negligent” and not providing Davies pinch due attraction by playing him successful a “match of nary sporting significance” fixed a tally of musculus issues earlier nan game.
Davies has scored 15 goals successful 58 profession caps pinch Canada, including nan country’s first-ever goal astatine a World Cup astatine Qatar 2022. He has not appeared for nan nationalist squad since nan Nations League crippled successful March 2025 and was ruled retired of their most caller camp pinch a different hamstring injury. Jesse Marsch is expected to merchandise his World Cup roster later this period earlier a brace of friendlies against Uzbekistan connected 1 June and Ireland connected 5 June.
He has logged 848 minutes crossed each competitions for Bayern this season. Already crowned convention champions, they recreation to Wolfsburg connected Saturday and past big Cologne connected nan last play of nan Bundesliga season. Vincent Kompany’s broadside return connected Stuttgart successful nan German Cup last a week later connected 23 May.
