'I took names' - Mohamed Salah breaks silence on Liverpool return as agent hits out at critics
Mohamed Salah has broken his silence after returning to Liverpool for treatment after suffering a hamstring injury while away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The forward was forced off in Egypt’s second game with Ghana and was initially ruled out for two games as a result. However, it later became apparent that his setback was worse than first feared with the 31-year-old now facing three to four weeks on the sidelines.
Liverpool and Egypt would agree for Salah to return to Merseyside for treatment to give him the best chance of featuring again at AFCON. However, he has faced widespread criticism in his homeland for not staying with the national side.
Meanwhile, both Jurgen Klopp and Pep Lijnders have been forced to defend the forward, while Egypt manager Rui Vitoria has also hit out at the Reds boss for revealing that Salah would fly back to Liverpool ahead of the Pharaohs' decisive final group game against Cape Verde.
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Salah is now back in England undergoing rehabilitation at the AXA Training Centre. And following the backlash, he has taken to social media to hit back at his critics.
“Yesterday I started the treatment and rehabilitation program,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “And I will do everything possible to be ready as soon as possible and return to the national team as was agreed upon from the beginning... I also love it and its people... try harder.”
Meanwhile, Salah’s agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, has also hit out at his client’s critics after he first broke the injury was worse than first feared in the first
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