Liverpool expect to lose Mohamed Salah to the Africa Cup of Nations after their New Year’s Day meeting with Newcastle, meaning he will miss the FA Cup clash with Arsenal.
Salah is set to captain Egypt in the tournament in Ivory Coast and could be away until the middle of February – in which case he would be absent for both legs of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final against Fulham and potentially big Premier League clashes with Chelsea and Arsenal.
