Bayern Munich Confirms Davies's ACL Injury

On Wednesday, Bayern Munich confirmed that their star Alphonso Davies suffered a torn ACL in his country's team game in the Concacaf Nations League.

After confirming his injury, Davies's agent, Nedal Huoseh, harshly criticized Canada Soccer for their treatment of his client.

Huoseh said: "I am very disappointed. Alphonso was not 100 percent after the Mexico game [in the semifinals] and it was planned that he was not going to start against the USA."

"On Saturday night, the expectation was he would not be in the XI. 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 needs to do a better job managing these players, in my opinion. Alphonso is down and obviously really disappointed about this injury. Thankfully, he is in wonderful hands with a world-class group at Bayern who will take great care of him. He is expected to have the surgery within the next 24 hours."

Davies was injured while playing in Canada's 2-1 win over the United States in the Nations League third-place match.

His season seems to be over after Bayern said he would be out for "several months."

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 Bayern's board member for sport Max Eberl said: "In international breaks there is unfortunately always a danger that players come back injured, and this time it has hit us especially hard."

He added: "The absences of Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano weigh heavily on FC Bayern."

Eberl said the team would "pull even closer together now" to make up for losing Davies and Upamecano. "The quality is there to keep on pursuing our big goals."