Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward to return home from Africa Cup of Nations after suffering injury, says Jurgen Klopp
Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool as part of his rehabilitation following a muscle injury; Salah was subbed during Egypt's draw with Ghana on Thursday; Egypt say he will miss their final group game and any potential last-16 game if they qualify
Sunday 21 January 2024 23:13, UK
Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool for treatment on the muscle issue he sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.
Salah will attend Egypt's final group game match against Cape Verde on Monday before flying to Liverpool, Egypt confirmed on Sunday.
Egypt also said they hope to have Salah back for the AFCON semi-finals and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had earlier said if the 31-year-old regained fitness he would return to national duty.
Salah picked up an injury in Egypt's 2-2 draw with Ghana on Thursday and Egypt announced they expected him to miss two games but after discussions with Liverpool have decided to allow him to travel home.
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The severity of Salah's injury remains unclear.
Speaking after Liverpool's 4-0 win over Bournemouth, Klopp said: «However long he's out, probably everybody sees it like this, it makes sense that he's doing the rehab with us or with our people. If that's written in stone already, I don't know.
»I spoke with him directly after, the night when it happened. Since then he's in contact with our doctor. I think he will be back."
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Asked if Salah would go back to the tournament should his country reach the knockout stages, Klopp said: «I would say if Egypt qualifies for the
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