Alphonso Davies reported back this week after his corona infection and trained at FC Bayern. However, an examination has now revealed a bitter diagnosis. The record champions will miss the left-back for a long time.
EJulian Nagelsmann was actually in a good mood on Friday lunchtime. The FC Bayern coach was excited about the Bundesliga game at 1. FC Köln on Saturday (3:30 p.m., Sky).
But the Alphonso Davies case clouded his mood. The 21-year-old left-back was diagnosed with heart muscle inflammation on Thursday and will be absent from Munich for several weeks. After his corona infection – Davies tested positive on January 6th – the Canadian had only just reported back. Now it is failing again.
“With Phonzie, the follow-up examination that we do with every player who has had corona shows signs of mild myocarditis – that is, myocarditis – “, said Nagelsmann:” He is out of training until further notice and will not be available for the next few weeks. It has to heal completely now. It’s not that dramatic from the ultrasound. There are signs. Nevertheless it has to heal. “
Last Wednesday, Davies trained with three other quarantine returnees (Leroy Sané, Dayot Upamecano and Tanguy Nianzou) for the first time after his infection on the club grounds on Säbener Straße. Davies looked very fit.
“You don’t know exactly where that comes from”
Is myocarditis a consequence of the corona infection? “You don’t know exactly where that came from. There are different triggers for myocarditis, ”said Nagelsmann. “Often there is a certain viral load in the body, it can be corona, but it can also be a flu-like infection or anything.”
Myocarditis already existed in athletes before Corona, said Nagelsmann. “Of course there is a probability these days that it comes from Corona plus physical activity. But we don’t know one hundred percent. ”The trainer emphasized that the trigger had no relevance to the further course of action at Davies. “The fact is: He has it, and that is modest to shitty to extremely shitty.”
Nagelsmann also spoke about the other recovered returnees within the team. “Nobody is one hundred percent fit yet. One or the other also had symptoms. ”
Upamecano, Nianzou, Sané, Omar Richards and captain and national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are, according to the coach in Cologne, back in the squad, “but apart from Manu, they are not yet ready to play from the start or for longer”.
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