Bayern Munich considers legal proceedings against the Canadian Football Federation after a serious Alphonso Davies knee injury in a slight sense.
“We demand a full investigation into the events of Canada and clearly reserve the right to take legal actions,” said the general director of Bayern Jan-Christian Dreesen on Friday.
Davies ripped the ligament and maintained other damage in his right knee during victory in Canada 2: 1 over the United States in third place decisive in the Concacaf Nations League tournament on Sunday.
Davies returned to Munich, where the full range of injuries was established on Wednesday. The left defender underwent surgery and “he will be outside of it for several months,” said Bayern.
The club claims that Canadian officials did not provide adequate care for the player.
“Sending a clearly wounded player with a damaged knee during a 12-hour intercontinental flight without a thorough medical assessment is in our opinion grossly neglect and a clear violation of the medical care obligation,” said Dreesen.
Watch Davies experiences a knee injury during the match with the United States:
The Canadian star Alphonso Davies has left the Concacaf Nations League match with the USA with the right injury of the lower leg.
He said Davies shouldn't play at all.
“The participation of Davies, who already had muscular problems before the match, in the match without sports significance is incomprehensible from our point,” said Dreesen.
Sports director Bayern Christoph Freund agreed, saying that the treatment of Davies after his injury was “incorrect”.
“Phonzy complained about fatigue. He is the captain of the band, a young boy who wants to help his country. Then there is this injury,” said Freund. “I think it's neglect, unprofessional.”
Davies is for the rest of the season and will miss Bayern's final matches, because he is to end the title of Bundesliga and reach the Champions League final at his stadium in Munich. Bayern will face Inter Milan in the quarter -finals.
Bayern may apply for remuneration for Davies 'remuneration from the FIFA insurance policy, including the risk of national players' injury, up to $ 7.5 million for the case.
This program began in 2012, a response to the injury of the Dutch winger Arjen Robben at the 2010 world championships. Robben left six months after returning to Bayern.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who was then the president of Bayern and the European Club Association, regretted that Robben “returned in worse condition, and now we have to pay the bill.”
Rummenigge called FIFA to use some of his billions of dollars from the World Cup revenues to finance the insurance program.
In the meantime, salaries increased. Davies recently signed a new agreement to Bayern with a salary of 15 million euros (16.2 million dollars), not taking into account bonuses.