Overview
- A meeting with manager Hossam Hassan is planned for next week during Egypt's November window, when they face Uzbekistan on Nov. 14 and Algeria on Nov. 17.
- Egypt have a pre-tournament camp with friendlies against the UAE on Dec. 6, Jordan on Dec. 9 and Nigeria on Dec. 14, and Hassan has the right to call him for those games.
- Liverpool have Leeds, Brighton and Inter Milan that week and want Salah available for those competitive matches.
- If he departs after the Brighton match on Dec. 13 and Egypt advance deep into AFCON, estimates suggest up to eight Liverpool games missed with a potential return in late January.
- AFCON runs Dec. 21 to Jan. 18 in Morocco, and a previous Egypt exemption granted to Liverpool two years ago serves as precedent in the talks.