Canada’s Alphonso Davies out several weeks with hamstring injury as World Cup nears | Canada

Canada captain Alphonso Davies has suffered a hamstring damage that may sideline him for “a number of weeks”, Bayern Munich mentioned on Friday, probably disrupting his World Cup preparations.

Davies was injured in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw within the second leg of the Champions League semi-final towards holders Paris Saint-Germain, who beat Bayern 6-5 on combination.

The 25-year-old full-back is unlikely to play once more for Bayern this season and will face a race towards time to be prepared for the beginning of the World Cup. Co-hosts Canada play Bosnia and Herzegovina of their opening match on 12 June in Toronto.

Canada Soccer mentioned it’s in “shut contact” with Davies and is conserving in contact with Bayern’s medical crew.

“Our focus is on supporting his restoration and offering each out there useful resource, together with specialised tender tissue experience, to provide him the absolute best pathway again to full health forward of the FIFA World Cup,” the federation mentioned in a press release.

It’s the newest setback for Davies, who has suffered a sequence of muscle accidents after coming back from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear that saved him out eight months.

Davies suffered that ACL damage on worldwide obligation with Canada within the Concacaf Nations League third-place playoff final March. Davies’s agent issued a press release blaming Canada Soccer for beginning him in that recreation, whereas Bayern later accused the federation of being “grossly negligent” and never offering Davies with correct care by taking part in him in a “match of no sporting significance” given a run of muscle points earlier than the sport.

Davies has scored 15 targets in 58 profession caps with Canada, together with the nation’s first-ever objective at a World Cup at Qatar 2022. He has not appeared for the nationwide crew because the Nations League recreation in March 2025 and was dominated out of their most up-to-date camp with a special hamstring damage. Jesse Marsch is anticipated to launch his World Cup roster later this month earlier than a pair of friendlies towards Uzbekistan on 1 June and Eire on 5 June.

He has logged 848 minutes throughout all competitions for Bayern this season. Already topped league champions, they journey to Wolfsburg on Saturday after which host Cologne on the ultimate weekend of the Bundesliga season. Vincent Kompany’s facet tackle Stuttgart within the German Cup closing every week afterward 23 Might.