Sawt Falasteen - Bayern warn that Canada's Davies struggling to be fit for World Cup

The club's sporting director Max Eberl said that the Bundesliga champions were cooperating with Canada Soccer with an eye not only to the World Cup but also on the player's long-term fitness.

"Our hope is that we can all work together to do what's best for Phonzy," Eberl told a press conference before Bayern's final Bundesliga game of the season against Cologne.

Canada play all three of their group games at home starting with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on June 12.

"It's tragic enough that he's picked up an injury ahead of the World Cup on home soil," said Eberl. "We'll all work together to ensure he might have a chance – but for that to happen, he needs to get fit. He has to accept that, and he does."

Since returning in December following a long absence after a knee ligament tear, the 25-year-old has suffered a series of muscle injuries, the most recent after he came on as a substitute as Bayern were eliminated from the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on May 6.

Davies suffered an injury to the back of his left thigh, which will keep him out for "several weeks", said Eberl, meaning he will miss not only Saturday's home game against Cologne but also the German Cup final against Stuttgart in Berlin on May 23.

Canada plan to announce their 26-man World Cup squad on 29 May.

N.Awad--SF-PST