Injured Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies has linked up with the Canadian national team ahead of the World Cup.
As reported by AP, Davies ran laps before Canada’s 2-0 friendly win over Uzbekistan in Alberta on Monday, but isn’t quite ready to return to action yet.
“It feels nice to get back on the pitch and do some running. I’m happy to be home, I’m happy to be with the boys and support them, whether it’s just on or off the pitch,” Davies said.
With Canada set to face Bosnia and Herzegovina in their World Cup opener on June 12, Davies didn’t want to set any timeline for his return.
“We just have to see how everything goes over the next couple days. I’ll just continue my rehab, my progression, and see how I’m feeling, day by day, step by step,” he said.
Canada coach Jesse Marsch stressed that Alphonso Davies shouldn’t feel any pressure to rush his return.
“What we don’t want to do is put him in a situation to suffer again and to be vulnerable again. You can imagine that he wants to build up his body and trust his body in all ways, so that he can go out and play football and do the things he loves,” Marsch said, adding:
“So we’re going to make sure that as a staff that we do a good job of really looking at him every single day, monitoring every single day, and putting him in position to succeed, and I’m sure we will.”