The ongoing conflict between Liverpool Football Club and the Egyptian national team regarding their star player, Mohamed Salah, has come under the spotlight, with British newspaper “Daily Mail” shedding light on the matter.
Liverpool directly contacted the Egyptian Football Association last weekend, requesting exemption for their star and captain from the upcoming national team camp in Abu Dhabi in March due to injury concerns.
Egypt is scheduled to face New Zealand in a friendly match during this camp.
Mohamed Salah has been nursing an injury sustained while on duty with the Egyptian national team during the African Cup of Nations, particularly during a match against Ghana last month.
According to the report, the Egyptian national team rejected Liverpool’s request and called up the player for the March camp, insisting on their right to assess Salah’s fitness independently.
Since his injury, Salah has only featured in one match for Liverpool against Brentford, where he managed to score a goal in his team’s 4-0 victory.
The newspaper emphasized the statements made by Ehab Lehita, a member of the Egyptian Football Association, who stated yesterday: “The Egyptian national team, led by Hossam Hassan and Ibrahim Hassan, has not been able to communicate with Mohamed Salah yet.”
Describing the dispute as “peculiar,” the newspaper highlighted that tensions between the Egyptian national team and Liverpool regarding Mohamed Salah’s fitness are likely to escalate further, as the national team staff in Cairo reported their inability to establish contact with the injured striker.
