Alphonso Davies isn’t just any player within Canada Soccer’s men’s national team. Since debuting in 2018, the FC Bayern Munich superstar has had a dynamic and ever-changing relationship with his national federation.

"We assumed it was nothing serious and then something like this comes up," said Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund. "That's negligent and not professional."

Davies suffered a torn ACL in his right knee, an injury which requires surgery and several months of rehabilitation.