The Canadian wonderkid is proud to be representing the reigning Bundesliga champions <\/p>\n
Alphonso Davies has declared it “a great honour” to play for Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
The Canadian wonderkid penned a deal in the summer to join Bayern from the Vancouver Whitecaps at the end of the Major League Soccer season for $13.5m (\u00a310.6m\/\u20ac11.8m) potentially rising to $22m (\u00a317.3m\/\u20ac19.24m) in add-ons – an MLS record.<\/p>\n
The teenage winger is finally eligible to represent the Bundesliga outfit after being formally registered in the squad this month, and he expressed how honoured he felt to be a part of the prestigious club.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n “It is a great honour to play for this big club and to be on the pitch with the other players,” Davies told Bayern’s official website.<\/p>\n “I want to do my best in every training session and if I get the chance then I hope I can take it.”<\/p>\n The Canadian player of the year also explained his reasons for choosing his squad number – 19 – at his new club.<\/p>\n “It’s the year I\u2019m eligible to play for this amazing club,” he said.<\/p>\n Despite all the hype surrounding the prodigious young talent, Davies admitted he felt nervous meeting the star-studded squad he was joining, with global stars commonplace in the Bayern dressing room.<\/p>\n The wide-man expressed a willingness to learn from the senior members of the squad and will have the opportunity to learn from the likes of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery – veteran wingers who he will hope to adequately replace in the long-term in Munich.<\/p>\n “When you see the lads in real life or play alongside them then you do get a bit nervous,” he added.<\/p>\n “I want to learn from experienced players.”<\/p>\n Before he can be fully integrated into the squad, however, Davies faces the prospect of an initiation song in front of his new team-mates.<\/p>\n “Thiago told me about it,” Davies explained.<\/p>\n “I’ll have to find the right song.”<\/p>\n Bayern Munich resume their Bundesliga season away at Hoffenheim on January 18, where Davies will hope to make his debut.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Canadian wonderkid is proud to be representing the reigning Bundesliga champions Alphonso Davies has declared it “a great honour” to play for Bayern Munich. The Canadian wonderkid penned a deal in the summer to join Bayern from the Vancouver Whitecaps at the end of the Major League Soccer season for $13.5m (\u00a310.6m\/\u20ac11.8m) potentially rising…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n