Alphonso Davies on Barcelona: ‘They didn’t want me because I was Canadian’
Canadian soccer celebrity Alphonso Davies revealed that he was snubbed by Spanish giants FC Barcelona earlier than he made his transfer to Bayern Munich.
While he was nonetheless taking part in for the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer, Davies attracted curiosity from main European golf equipment, together with Barcelona. But Davies instructed the Say Less Podcast that he heard via the media that Barcelona’s then president, Josep Bartomeu, wasn’t within the Canadian starlet due to his nationality.
“Barca actually reached out but the president said that they didn’t want me,” Davies mentioned. “They mentioned that they didn’t need me as a result of I used to be Canadian.
“Not gonna lie, that crushed my feelings a little bit.”
Davies went on to signal with Bayern Munich in July 2018, finally becoming a member of the group formally in January 2019.
Since then, the Canadian gained the Bundesliga in 5 straight seasons, lifted two German Cups and took house a Champions League title in 2020.
Davies might find yourself taking part in in Spain in spite of everything with rumours linking him to Barcelona’s everlasting rivals Real Madrid.
The Canadian’s contract with Munich runs via July 2025 however Davies’ agent, Nedal Huoseh, instructed soccer insider Fabrizio Romano that “nothing concrete” occurred between Munich and Madrid.
“When you hear the rumours that (Real Madrid) is fascinated with a participant that you simply handle it makes you proud, Huoseh mentioned. “Nothing concrete has occurred with anyone and on the finish of the day two golf equipment have to speak, the shopping for membership has to provoke, the promoting has to wish to provoke to make a sale and the third half is the participant, if the participant desires to maneuver or not.
“Right now, our focus is to get things figured out with Bayern Munich, see what’s going on there and Alphonso has to focus on the upcoming season.”
Davies will shift his deal with the Canadian males’s nationwide group the place he’ll play within the Concacaf Nations League semifinal. The Canadians are set to tackle Panama at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on June 15 in a chase for a primary males’s continental trophy since 2000.
