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Mohamed Salah saw his hopes of silverware quickly evaporate before his eyes last month after suffering a hamstring injury during the Africa Cup of Nations.
Picked up in Egypt’s second group game against Ghana, with the Pharaohs at risk of a shock early elimination, he watched their final group from Cape Verde anxiously from the stands before returning to Merseyside for treatment.
Originally anticipated to be out until the quarter-finals, it soon became clear his finals were as good as over. His agent, Ramy Abbas Issa confirmed the forward’s setback was worse than first feared and he would be out for three to four weeks. While Egypt now hoped for a semi-final return, such a diagnosis left a return even in time for the final as unlikely.
Salah was criticised heavily in his homeland for returning to Liverpool prematurely, with the Pharaohs then suffering a round-of-16 exit in his absence to make talk of a potential return obsolete in the process. A two-time Africa Cup of Nations runner-up, with injury in 2018 also undermining his involvement at Egypt’s first World Cup appearance since 1990, his international career is at risk of remaining a bridesmaid.
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The 31-year-old will be 33 when the next continental tournament takes place in Morocco in the summer of 2025, while he’ll celebrate his 34th birthday during the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Yet while his international dreams ended in disappointment once again this month, it could prove to be a rather different
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