Agent reveals Mohamed Salah to miss up to 28 days with injury
The agent of Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has admitted that the Egyptian's injury is worse than first feared and he could spend up to a month out of action.
After scoring one goal and setting up another in his side's opening 2-2 Africa Cup of Nations draw with Mozambique, Salah pulled up with an issue in the first half of Egypt's subsequent four-goal stalemate with Ghana.
The 31-year-old was withdrawn just before the break, and while Pharaohs boss Rui Vitoria immediately allayed fears of a long-term problem for his client, Jurgen Klopp insisted that it was too early to ascertain how severe his injury was.
Salah himself remained tight-lipped on the injury — a posterior muscular strain — before Egypt's closing AFCON Group B battle against Cape Verde, but the Pharaohs FA subsequently confirmed that the ex-Chelsea and Roma man would be returning to England for treatment.
In a statement, Egypt also expressed confidence that Salah would return to Ivory Coast for the AFCON semi-finals, which are due to take place on February 7 before the corresponding third-placed playoff and final encounters.
On Monday evening, however, Salah's representative Ramy Abbas Issa shared an agonising update on X — formerly known as Twitter — revealing that the attacker's problem will render him unavailable for between three and four weeks.
«Mohamed's injury is more serious than first thought and he will be out for 21-28 days, and not two games,» Abbas said. «His best chance at participating in the current AFCON is by undergoing intensive rehabilitation in the UK and rejoining the team as soon as he is fit.»
In spite of the fact that the Africa Cup of Nations is due to conclude in under three weeks' time, Abbas Issa did not completely rule out the
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