The captain of the Egyptian national football team and the English Liverpool club, Mohamed Salah, returns to England to receive treatment following his injury during his participation in the African Nations Championship currently underway in Côte d’Ivoire, after it became clear that the injury required a longer treatment period than expected.
The Egyptian national football team’s coach, Rui Vitoria, said that Salah’s injury “needs a longer treatment period than initially expected.”
He added during the press conference following the Egyptian national team’s match against Cape Verde, on Monday evening: “I want to take advantage of the opportunity and clarify matters. Mohamed Salah is injured, and we learned before this match that it was a longer injury than we initially thought, and therefore we had to announce the extension of the period during which he will be absent before participating again.” “.
He continued after the match, which ended in a draw with two goals to two: “Before the match, we did not declare anything. Things were under the control of the distinguished medical team. Salah was always with us, and the match is over now, and we will search for the best way to treat the player. These are facts, and this is the position.”
For its part, Liverpool FC issued, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a statement confirming Salah’s arrival in England, specifically to the training center of the club, which leads the English championship, to receive treatment.
The statement indicated that this step came “after an agreement reached with the Egyptian Football Association,” following the injury of the Pharaohs star during the match with Ghana, last Thursday.
Salah is scheduled to begin working with Liverpool’s medical staff upon his arrival in the English city, “which gives him the best opportunity to return to competing again in the African Championship with Egypt,” according to a club statement.
Egypt qualified for the knockout rounds despite not winning any match in the group stage, as it tied 2-2 with Mozambique, Ghana and Cape Verde, but secured promotion after coming second in the group, which Cape Verde topped with seven points, Ghana came third with two points, and Mozambique with the same score.
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Egypt, the seven-time champion, reached the eighth final of the Africa Cup of Nations held in Ivory Coast, by tying with leaders Cape Verde 2-2 on Monday in the third and final round of the second group competitions, while Equatorial Guinea caused a huge surprise by sweeping host Ivory Coast. With a clean four, it put her on the verge of elimination.
Matters also did not end with Vitoria’s statements and the English club’s statement, as the Egyptian team doctor, Mohamed Abu El-Ela, spoke and revealed in detail what happened and the reason for the change in statements regarding Salah’s injury and the period of his absence.
Abu Al-Ela said in television statements on Tuesday morning: “Salah suffers from a second-degree posterior muscle strain, and when the Football Association issued the first statement that he would be absent for only two matches, we had only performed one x-ray on the player, but after a second x-ray we discovered that the extent of the injury was Larger”.
He continued: “We have sufficient capabilities, but we will travel after two days to the city of San Pedro, which is not well equipped, so we found that his treatment in Liverpool would be better.”
He pointed out that the agreement with Liverpool required the Egyptian Federation to announce the matter, but the English club’s coach Jurgen Klopp “was the one who announced it early,” according to the Egyptian team doctor, who confirmed that “Salah did not want to travel, and if he had wanted to, he would have left today.” “The first one was injured.”
Regarding the date of his return, he said: “I cannot determine that because the muscle injury depends on the amount of improvement on a daily basis, but I can say that we worked well with Salah for 4 days, and he improved significantly as much as possible.”
The player’s agent, Rami Abbas, announced on the “X” platform on Monday that Salah’s injury is worse than initially announced, and that he will be absent for 21-28 days, not two matches.
The controversy over Salah’s injury began after Klopp said, on Sunday, in statements reported on the club’s website: “No matter how long Salah’s absence is, I think everyone might see that it makes sense for him to rehabilitate with us or with our team. This is the plan.”
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Rami Abbas, the agent of Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, said on Monday that the latter’s injury is more serious than initially thought.
Salah, who played 96 international matches, was part of the Egyptian team that lost to Cameroon in the final match of the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon, and lost the title again in the last edition held in Cameroon two years ago, when Senegal prevailed on penalties.
2024-01-23 04:24:23
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