Egypt’s Mohamed Salah celebrates during the Africa Cup of Nations Group B match between Egypt and Ghana in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool to seek treatment for a muscle injury sustained during a match with the national team, the Egyptian Football Association has announced.
The influential striker sparked concerns for club and country in the first half of Egypt’s 2-2 draw with Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations group stage on Thursday.
It was later revealed that the 31-year-old will miss the Pharaohs’ next two matches if they progress to the knockout stages of the Ivory Coast competition.
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But he is now set to feature in Egypt’s final Group B game against Cape Verde on Monday, where a win will secure a place in the last 16 before he returns to Liverpool for rehabilitation.
An Egyptian FA statement, posted on Liverpool’s official website on Sunday evening, read:“
After additional examinations were conducted on Mohamed Salah during the last hours, and after communication between the national team’s medical staff and his counterpart at Liverpool FC, it was decided that the player will return to England after the Cape Verde match tomorrow to complete his treatment, with the hope that he will join the national team in the semi-final of the AFCON if we qualify.”
Premier League leaders Liverpool initially struggled to create in the absence of their talisman during Sunday’s game at Bournemouth, but moved five points clear at the top thanks to a crushing 4-0 win earned by second-half doubles from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota.
Speaking after the victory at the Vitality Stadium, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp said it “makes sense” for Salah to fly back to Merseyside from the tournament.
“That’s the plan,” the German said before the news was confirmed. “I don’t know if it will be resolved 100%. But that’s the plan.
“Everybody will see that it makes sense to undertake rehabilitation with us or our people, no matter how long it takes.
If it were carved in stone, I don’t know what it would be.”I spoke to him immediately on the night of the incident.
He has since contacted our doctor. “I think he’ll be back.”Liverpool overcame a slow start on a beautiful afternoon on the south coast to score 14 goals against the Cherries in their first league game of the season without striker Salah.
Bournemouth, England – Sunday 21 January 2024: Darwin Nunes of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FA Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Liverpool FC at Dean Court.
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“We started the return well,” said Klopp. “We put pressure on ourselves. “At the end of the day, what matters is winning the game and as long as you’re in the game, whatever happens in the game is acceptable.”
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