Alphonso Davies Prioritizes Honeymoon Over Canada Camp

Alphonso Davies has chosen Paris and a belated honeymoon over a September grind with Canada – and his national team coach is fully on board.

Between the World Cup and the start of Bayern Munich’s pre-season, the 25-year-old married his partner Sheyenne Jen in the French capital on 23 July. The couple now want time away together, which means Canada’s captain will miss the three upcoming friendlies against Chile, Peru and the USA.

Canada boss Jesse Marsch stressed this was no clash of wills, but a joint call.

“We talked about whether he should spend half of the training camp on his honeymoon and then join us,” Marsch said. “But I simply felt that it was important for him to enjoy his honeymoon first and then continue working on his physical condition and form.”

It’s not a casual decision. Davies has been through the wringer.

At the start of 2025, he tore his cruciate ligament while on duty with Canada and spent three quarters of the year out. When he finally returned, fresh setbacks followed. Recurring health issues disrupted his rhythm, and a muscle fibre tear sidelined him for Bayern in the closing stages of last season. On home soil at the long-awaited World Cup, he managed just 16 minutes for Canada.

For a player used to being the heartbeat of both club and country, it was a brutal stretch.

Back in Munich, still feeling the after-effects of injury, Davies initially trained on his own. No fanfare, no rush. Just hard work. The payoff has started to show. He recently looked like his old self again, capping a strong performance with a sharp goal in Bayern’s 5-0 win over FK Bodö/Glimt.

Marsch has seen the same resurgence.

“He is playing really well, looks very fit and feels very good,” the Canada coach said. “That is why we wanted to make sure in every respect that in November, when we need him for some important matches, and then in March as well as throughout the entire next cycle, he is so well prepared in every respect that he can always fully commit himself to what we expect from him for the national team.”

The message is clear: short-term absence for long-term gain. Canada will cope without their star full-back in friendlies now if it means having him fully firing when competitive games return.

For Bayern, though, there is no break. Davies is set to line up against Union Berlin in Munich on Friday, before a gap in the schedule. The German champions do not play again until 10 October, away at Augsburg.

By then, honeymoon memories will be fresh, the legs should be lighter, and a fully recharged Davies will be expected to drive both Bayern and Canada into their next phase.