Exclusive: Mohammed Salah returns to Liverpool post an injury

In a thrilling knockout chase between the teams, Egypt and Ghana, The Egyptian footballer Mohammed Salah was brutally injured as the match was drawn with 2-2 scores on 18th January, on Thursday during the match for group B. However, post the injury Mohammed Salah returned to Liverpool while abandoning the Egyptian national football team. 

Salah’s decision gained mass criticism as amid his injury and his recovery moved to the other team. The team described his injury as much worse than expected, and in an official statement, it was said that Salah’s injury was “worse than first feared”, but he will be treated with a “view to being back in action as soon as possible for club and country, giving him the best chance to return to compete at Afcon”. 

However, the Former Egyptian footballer Hany Ramzy slammed Salah for his decision to move back to the UK and abandon his team and said, “The timing of Salah’s departure from the camp is shocking. It’s possible that his club [Liverpool FC] put him under pressure but he needed to be there for his teammates.”

Ahmed Hassan criticises Salah for his decision to move to Liverpool

In a recent interview, Ahmed Hassan said, “I’ve always backed Salah and I was very happy with his presence as captain of the Egyptian national team. I had no problems with what he said, but it turned out that he was plotting his departure from the Egypt camp. Do the AFCON regulations allow a player to leave the national team’s camp and come back again?” 

He further added, “He had the possibility of bringing in someone from Liverpool’s medical staff to be with him during the competition. Again, he is the captain. He should stay with the team no matter what, even if he only had one leg to stand on. He even said himself that it was the Egyptian national team, not Salah’s national team, and this is true. We have confidence in all the players who are there and they must fight for the title.”