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When he packed his bags and left for Broadway, there was a hope Alphonso Davies would find his way, but there was also a fear the machine would chew him up and spit him out.

The big stage, after all, had consumed more than one wunderkind and Davies’ credentials — while impressive to the local audience — weren’t exactly unparalleled. There were a couple of years in Major League Soccer and a couple of impressive international appearances with Canada.

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Sure, the kid was an intriguing talent, but the Norwegian league is full of intriguing talents who couldn’t make the next step.

“Davies is a trial and error transfer,” reported Suddeutsche Zeitung, the influential Munich, Bavaria, daily sheet at the time of his signing with Bayern Munich. “Nobody can tell how his body and game will develop. But that is a risk which Bayern are taking increasingly often.

“The brutal reality is that Davies is more likely to end up as the next Renato Sanches (bad) or even the next Dale Jennings (really bad). … His job now is to prove everyone wrong.”