Forward Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool for treatment on the injury he suffered while playing for Egypt.
Salah suffered a leg injury during Egypt’s 2-2 draw with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday (18). Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that “It makes sense that he’s doing the rehab with us”.
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The Egyptian football association said on Friday (19) that Salah would only feature in the tournament again if his nation advanced to a quarter-final on 2 or 3 February. Klopp was also asked if the forward would go back and replied: “I would say if Egypt qualifies for the final, if he’s fit before the final, then probably yes”.
The manager also suggested that Salah’s hamstring problem was likely to be severe, given that the forward had missed just 10 league games for the Reds in over six seasons. “He was shocked and couldn’t see why he was hit by something so intense”, said Klopp.
“You have these hamstring injuries in a different way. He felt it and we know how rarely Mo goes off, or needs to go off, so it is definitely something”, added the manager.