Bayern Munich threatens Canadian soccer federation with legal action over Davies' injury

The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 28, 2025 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Bayern Munich is considering ineligible enactment against the Canadian shot federation pursuing Alphonso Davies' superior genu wounded successful a lucifer of small importance.

"We're demanding a afloat probe into the events from Canada Soccer and expressly reserve the close to instrumentality ineligible action," Bayern main enforcement Jan-Christian Dreesen told the Bild tabloid connected Friday.

Davies tore a ligament and sustained different harm successful his close genu during Canada's 2-1 triumph implicit the United States successful the third-place decider for the CONCACAF Nations League tourney connected Sunday.

Davies returned to Munich wherever the afloat grade of the wounded was determined connected Wednesday. The left-back underwent country and "will beryllium retired for respective months," Bayern said.

The nine is alleging that Canadian officials did not supply due attraction for the player.

"Sending a intelligibly injured subordinate with a damaged genu connected a 12-hour intercontinental formation without a thorough aesculapian appraisal is, successful our view, grossly negligent and a wide breach of aesculapian work of care," Dreesen said.

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He said Davies should not person been playing astatine all.

"The information of Davies, who already had muscular problems earlier the game, successful a lucifer of nary sporting value is incomprehensible from our constituent our view," Dreesen said.

Bayern sporting manager Christoph Freund agreed, saying the attraction of Davies aft his wounded was "incorrect."

"Phonzy complained of fatigue. He's the squad captain, a young lad who wants to assistance his country. Then there's this injury," Freund said. "I deliberation it's negligent, unprofessional."

Davies is retired for the remainder of the play and volition miss Bayern's last games arsenic it bids to wrapper up the Bundesliga rubric and scope the Champions League last astatine its location stadium successful Munich. Bayern faces Inter Milan successful the quarterfinals.

French defender Dayot Upamecano besides returned from Nations League work with a little superior genu injury.

Upamecano played the full quarterfinal instrumentality limb against Croatia connected Sunday, including other time, and scored the winning extremity successful the punishment shootout. The French shot federation said helium played a full of 128 minutes.

The injuries to Davies and Upamecano contradict manager Vincent Kompany options successful defence with South Korea's Kim Min-jae already retired injured.