Salah suffered a hamstring injury in the Egypt-Ghana match in Group B of the CAN Cup on January 19. According to the conclusion from the team of doctors, the 31-year-old superstar needs treatment for about a week and the country’s Football Federation decided to let him return to England.

Salah is allowed to return to Liverpool to treat his injury and will only continue to participate in the CAN Cup if the Egyptian team reaches the semi-finals

After 2 matches, Egypt won 2 points, ranked 2nd in Group B but only 1 point ahead of Ghana and Mozambique. Therefore, the encounter with top team Cape Verde (6 points) will greatly affect their chances of advancing.

On the other hand, EFA affirmed that Salah can still continue to participate in the 2023 CAN Cup if Egypt reaches the semi-finals (scheduled to take place on February 8). This information was later confirmed by Liverpool on the homepage.

“After carrying out additional tests on Mohamed Salah over the last few hours, in addition to discussions between the national team’s medical team and Salah’s medical team at Liverpool, we have decided that he will return to England after the match in Cape Verde to complete his treatment. . Hopefully Salah will join the national team in participating in the CAN Cup semi-finals if we qualify,” said EFA’s announcement.

Responding to the media after the Bournemouth – Liverpool match in round 21 of the Premier League (Liverpool won 4-0), coach Jurgen Klopp revealed: “That’s the plan, I don’t know if this plan will be approved or not.

No matter how long Salah is out, everyone feels it is appropriate for him to join us in his recovery. I spoke directly with Salah right after the match against Ghana. Since then, he has been in regular contact with Liverpool’s medical team.”

However, when talking about the possibility of Salah returning to the CAN Cup with the Egyptian team, the German coach said that his beloved student can only fully recover before the tournament final: “I am not a doctor.” . However, I think he can return if he is healthy and Egypt qualifies for the finals.

Obviously the CAN Cup is a prestigious tournament but we don’t have people there. The responsibility for taking care of the players lies with the team doctors, so let’s see what happens.”