
Liverpool and Manchester City could face an uncomfortable confrontation with Egypt over the releases of Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), reports suggest.
AFCON disrupts the domestic calendar every two years, whisking the continent’s best players away for the best part of a month depending on a nation’s performance at the tournament. The 2025 edition, being staged in Morocco, gets underway on Dec. 21 with the final scheduled to take place a month later on Jan. 18, 2026.