Overview
- An official Egypt FA statement confirmed Salah will not play the Cape Verde friendly as he is being rested.
- Ibrahim Hassan said negotiations with Liverpool are ongoing over Salah joining a December 14 warm-up against Nigeria, which would likely rule him out of Liverpool vs Brighton on December 13.
- AFCON runs from December 21 to January 18, and depending on Egypt’s progress Salah could miss up to eight Liverpool fixtures across league, cup and Europe.
- Salah played the full 90 minutes in Egypt’s 2-0 defeat to Uzbekistan in the UAE before being rested for the third-place game.
- The 33-year-old is expected to captain Egypt in Morocco, with coverage noting his output this season has dipped from last year’s level.