Bayern Munich is considering legal steps against the Canadian football association after Alphonso Davies violated a serious knee injury in a game.
“We are calling for a complete investigation of the events of Canada Soccer and expressly resigned in the right to take legal action,” Jan-Christian Dreesen Jan-Christian Dreesen told the BILD-TABLOID on Friday.
Davies tore off a ribbon and suffered another damage in his right knee in the 2-1 win in Canada against the United States in third place for the Concacaf Nations League tournament on Sunday.
Davies returned to Munich, where the full extent of the injury was determined on Wednesday. The left -back was operated on and “will look for several months,” said Bayern.
The club claims that Canadian officials had not adequately looked after the player.
“From our opinion, a clearly injured player with a damaged knee on a 12-hour intercontinental flight without a thorough medical assessment is grossly negligent and a clear violation of medical care,” said Dreesen.
O’clock | Davies suffers a knee injury during the game against the United States:
The Canadian star Alphonso Davies left the third game of the Concacaf Nations League against the USA with an injury to the right lower leg.
He said Davies shouldn’t have played at all.
“In our view, the participation of Davies, who already had muscular problems before the game, is incomprehensible in a game without sporting meaning,” said Dreesen.
Christoph Freund, sports director of Bavaria, agreed and said that the treatment of Davies after his injury was “wrong”.
“Phonzy complained about fatigue. He is the team captain, a young boy who wants to help his country. Then this injury is available,” said friend. “I think it’s negligent, unprofessional.”
Canada Soccer explanation
After the comments of Bayern, Canada Soccer gave a statement in which he continued to examine the circumstances in connection with medical care that Alphonso Davies was provided ”.
“The medical documentation confirms that the right care protocols were followed and communication documents show that our medical staff provided updates to Bayern Munich throughout the tournament,” added. “Today we spoke to the Bayern Munich to provide them with context and details to tackle all misunderstandings. We all focus on supporting Alphonso in the coming months.”
Davies is on the road for the rest of the season and will miss the last games of Bavaria because he completed the Bundesliga title and reached the Champions League final in the home stadium in Munich. Bavaria opposite with Inter Milan in the quarter -finals.
Bavaria can compensate for Davies’s salary from FIFA’s insurance policy for the risk of injury of the national team players, up to 7.5 million dollars per case.
This program began in 2012, a reaction to the Dutch winger Arjen Robben’s injury to the 2010 World Cup. Robben missed six months after returning to Bavaria.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who was then chair of Bayern and European Club Association, had complained that Robben “had returned in poorer condition and now had to pay the bill”.
Rummenigge asked FIFA to use some of his billion dollar reserves from the income from the World Cup to finance an insurance program.
However, the salaries have increased in the meantime. Davies recently signed a new deal in Bavaria with a registered salary of 15 million euros, without bonuses.
