After news leaked in recent days, this morning the football club officially confirmed the situation. Due to the very serious injury suffered while playing for his national team last Sunday, the player was forced to undergo surgery, thus bringing an end to his current season.
This is a huge blow for Bayern Munich, who will have to do without Alphonso Davies not only in the Champions League quarter-finals against Inter, but also for several months thereafter. The Canadian winger, who suffered a torn cruciate ligament, has already undergone surgery and will now have to wait several months before returning to action.
One person who was particularly unhappy about how the Canadian National Team handled the player’s situation is his agent, Nedal Huoseh. Speaking to TZ, the agent severely criticized the Federation: He should not have played in the third-place playoff against the United States. I was surprised he started the match, as he had informed the coach that he was not fit enough to start. An inside source at the Canadian Football Federation told me on Friday night that Alphonso wouldn’t start, but that he might enter the match for a few minutes. They themselves acknowledged that he should not have played at all.
Huoseh‘s criticism also targeted Canadian national team coach Jesse Marsch: He should have handled the situation better because this injury could have been avoided. Before coaching Canada, he coached professionally at the highest levels and should know full well that there’s no reason to take risks when players tell you they can’t play. I understand that the match against the USA was very important and there was great motivation to win it, but players’ health should always come first. National teams must do a better job of protecting their players.
