Report: Alphonso Davies sidelined for 4-6 weeks with thigh injury

Alphonso Davies has been identified with a thigh damage that would hold him out so long as six weeks based on studies from German outlet Bild.

That timeframe would put Davies’ return roughly across the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal and ultimate in Las Vegas, in the course of June.

In a sport on Saturday, the 22-year-old from Edmonton pulled up after accelerating previous Mainz fullback Silvan Widmer, losing no time signalling to the Bayern bench that he had an issue.

The German membership stated Sunday that Davies “sustained a muscle bundle injury” at the back of his left thigh in the course of the 3-1 loss at Mainz within the Bundesliga on Saturday. Davies left the pitch within the ninth minute.

The Canadian males’s nationwide crew may have its fingers crossed for a speedy restoration.

The Forty seventh-ranked Canadian males face No. 58 Panama on June 14 in Las Vegas within the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal, with the winner dealing with both the Thirteenth-ranked U.S. or No. 15 Mexico for the title. The Canadians then begin play within the Gold Cup with a sport June 27 at Toronto’s BMO Field in opposition to a qualifier earlier than dealing with Guadeloupe and Cuba in Houston.

Davies has had his share of damage points recently.

He suffered a hamstring damage in early November forward of the World Cup however made it again in time to play on the soccer showcase in Qatar. In October, he suffered a cranial bruise in a Bundesliga match after taking an unintended boot to the face from Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham.

The speedy fullback was identified with COVID in December 2021 and didn’t return till early April final 12 months after growing signs of myocarditis, a gentle coronary heart situation.

Davies has received 39 caps for Canada with 13 objectives and 16 assists.

—with recordsdata from The Associated Press