The teenage winger is now officially a Bayern player and has been tipped to shine with the Bundesliga giants
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic say Alphonso Davies has the potential to be a huge success at the Allianz Arena.
The 18-year-old became the most expensive transfer in Major League Soccer history when he joined Bayern for $13.5 million (€11.5m/£10m) in July.
The Bavarian giants are believed to have beaten a number of rivals to land the highly rated teenager including Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Having spent the remainder for the 2018 MLS season with Vancouver, Davies linked up for training with the Bayern first-team squad in November before officially joining the Bundesliga champions on January 1.
The Canada international will now travel to Doha to join up with the squad on their warm-weather training camp.
Bayern boss Niko Kovac has already confirmed that the winger, who only turned 18 in November, will be in contention for a first-team place when the Bundesliga resumes after the winter break.
He is held in equally high regard by the Bayern hierarchy, with both Hoeness and Salihamidzic talking up the teenager’s potential.
"I have never seen him play. But I've heard he will be a bomb. That's where I trust my sporting director [Salihamidzic]," Hoeness told Bild.
Salihamidzic added: "He is a great talent. Alphonso is a super boy, a super character. He is hungry and wants to show what he can do.
“We will take care of Alphonso, and not build hype around him. It is very important that he can quietly establish himself and get used to the Bundesliga. If we give him enough time, he has a lot of potential to do a great job here."
Davies made his professional debut for the Whitecaps at the age of just 15 and went on to make 65 appearances for the club, scoring eight goals.
He made his international debut for Canada against Curacao in June 2017 at the age of 16.
Later that summer he was included in the Canada squad Concacaf Gold Cup, going on to be the tournament’s top scorer, win the Young Player of the Tournament award and be named in the tournament's Best XI.
Mishan007
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bomb!
SIMSV_
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Hope he plays and delivers when he does.. Only way to avoid the bench..
SIMSV_
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Hope he plays he delivers when he does.. Only way to avoid the bench..
Pubaempr
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why are the under 20 coach not trying to talk the NFF to bring him,instead of drinking and misbehaving abroad,hmmnm.
loveme
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He's very fast. He could overtake anyone anyone down the wing
GOLD-1
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Bayern does have a track record of finding talent in Canada, a non traditional soccer market...Owen Hargreaves anyone? Hope he does well though, for himself and selfishly for Canadian soccer.
neutron
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I don’t mind a player backing himself given his opportunity
eeasy
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He was the only reason to watch the team last year.
Curry3030
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Maybe Bayern should sign some Liverpool staff then
Howarer
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Can't wait. Hopefully he progresses incredibly well at between - it would be great for Canada.
loown
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Bayern right now suffers from injury prone players (you can add Gnabry, who seems prone to muscle injuries), Boa after his big injury and possibly others like Coman) and established players that are out of form.
Yuewsesber
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He favors his left foot, so he’d have to play right wing to be a cut in winger.
KGlove
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If Alphonso Davies has better stats then that submarine then he is really dangerous.
Malpacinons
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it's very confusing. He's a quack but also remained the doctor for both Bayern and the National team for 40ish years and has international superstars like Usain Bolt and Kobe Bryant flying to germany for him and seemingly getting better.
Melancholy
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A former teammate of Davies told me he thinks for him to succeed in Europe, he will need to be a fullback
gooljust
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Here's hoping. It's an exciting time, but I feel there should have been more change than just the coach.
blackmoon
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I don't think he's arguing the point that you are making. I think he's just saying that calling him 'like a cheat code' in MLS is a gross exaggeration.
Ghana7592495
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l wish him a very good luck
SUPREMELIMITS
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Bayern needed such talents..... I hope he can add in the attack and make a way to win the title and the champions league
blockboyy
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99% of up and coming players with much hype never succeed to deliver their full potential What do you all think? Wish him luck
cuzbdlpz
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Ok I’m happy he is of Africa decent (Liberia) Go Africa
Jiobrtuz
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Can't wait to see him play