"They Only Reached Out When I Was About to Join Bayern Munich": Alphonso Davies on Ghana Snub

• Alphonso Davies has opened up on his decision to play for Canada
• The Bayern Munich defender was born in Ghana to Liberian parents
• The Ghana Football Association tried to lure him to play for the Black Stars

Ghanaian-born Canadian, Alphonso Davies has revealed that the Football Association of the West African nation made an approach for him to play for the Black Stars.

However, the Bayern Munich star declined the move, claiming it came too late.

According to Davies, the GFA only contacted him via Instagram after he was about to join the German giants and had already secured his Canadian citizenship.

“Ghana never reached out and also my mum was like, no [to the idea of me playing for Ghana],” he said, as quoted by FootballGhana.

“I was playing like not even [at] the academy, they never said [anything about wanting me], I wasn’t a big name. When the news came out that I was going to Bayern, then I got a message from the Ghana Federation.

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“I think it was someone on the federation, he texted me on Instagram because he didn’t have my number or email. But it was too late, at that time I had already got my citizenship and already made it to [represent] Canada.”

Davies was born in Ghana to Liberian parents before leaving for Canada at a very young age.

Davies makes history with Canada

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Bayern Munich superstar, Alphonso Davies scored the fastest goal at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Davies had a chance to open his goal account at the tournament during their Group F opener against Belgium on Wednesday, November 24, when his side won a penalty.

However, the midfielder fluffed the opportunity as Canada went on to suffer a 1-0 frustrating loss.

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David Alaba is pushing for Alphonso Davies to join him at Real Madrid, according to reports.

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The former Bayern Munich star is still close friends with the Canadian international, despite joining Los Blancos from Bavarians in 2021.

Davies signed for the Bavarians from Vancouver Whitecaps in January 2019 and has quickly become one of the most exciting lateral defenders in the world.