Davies won’t – Alphonso Davies is expected to play for Canada at the World Cup, but head coach Jesse Marsch says the Bayern Munich star won’t be ready for the opener on June 12 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Alphonso Davies might still suit up for Canada at the World Cup, but the opening match is now slipping out of reach.
After months of injury noise around the Bayern Munich left-back. Canada’s head coach Jesse Marsch told reporters Monday that he expects Davies to be available for the tournament at some point. The timeline is clearer, though: Davies won’t be ready for the June 12 opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The plan begins with Canada’s training camp in Charlotte, N.C. Davies was named to the 32-man selection for the camp, but Marsch said the priority is getting him right physically and ready to contribute when the World Cup starts. Instead, Davies will join the team on May 31 in Edmonton.
Marsch’s emphasis is simple: the goal is to help Davies succeed physically and make an impact once matches begin.
For Davies, the issue has been a recurring cycle of setbacks at club level. This season with Bayern Munich has already been marked by multiple injuries, and his latest problem is a hamstring injury. It was suffered in a Champions League semifinal game against Paris Saint-Germain earlier in May.
He missed a pair of March friendlies against Iceland and Tunisia in Toronto with a hamstring strain. He returned to play for Bayern, only to be sidelined again on May 8 with another injury to the same area.
Marsch also gave updates on several other players fighting through injury concerns.
Striker Promise David, who has been sidelined since late February after undergoing hip surgery, is on track to be ready for the June 12 opener and is with the team in Charlotte.
Toronto FC right-back Richie Laryea, nursing a thigh injury suffered in late April, is described as ready for full training.
Middlesbrough centre-back Alfie Jones, dealing with an ankle injury, is making incredible progress.
Norwich winger Ali Ahmed, after suffering a leg injury in his club’s season finale against Hull City in early May, is trending in a good way.
Canada will reveal its World Cup roster on Friday, at the end of the team’s camp in Charlotte.
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Wow June 12 and he’s already not ready? I feel like these guys are always hurt.
So they’re saying Davies won’t play the opener vs Bosnia… but he still might show up later in the World Cup? Honestly sounds like wishful thinking. If he can’t go why is he even in the camp list?
Wait, the injury was in the Champions League vs PSG in May right? But then it says he missed March friendlies, so like… he’s been hurt since forever. Marsch should’ve planned around it instead of sending him to Charlotte. Also hamstring is one of those injuries where you never know, ugh.
Why is Canada revealing the roster on Friday? Isn’t the World Cup soon like right now? And if Davies isn’t ready for the opener, Canada’s doomed already, sorry. Meanwhile they’re talking about all these other guys being ‘on track’ like that always works out. I swear every year it’s injury news, not soccer.