The Egyptian FA have eased concerns over Mo Salah’s fitness, amid fears he had aggravated a foot injury on international duty.
The Liverpool star proved the decisive factor in his country’s 1-0 win over Senegal, in the first leg of their high profile World Cup qualifying tie which will see the winners progress to the finals in Qatar. But after seeing his early shot cannon back off the crossbar and go in off defender Saliou Ciss for what proved the winner in the home leg for Egypt, Salah looked troubled, and far from his best.
That provoked suspicions from Reds fans he was still suffering from the foot injury he picked up playing for his club against Brighton two weeks ago, which saw him benched against Arsenal and miss the FA Cup tie with Nottingham Forest completely. The FA in Egypt though, responded as their team travelled to Dakar for the second leg against old foe Senegal. Egypt will be without their two first-choice centre-backs: Mahmoud Hamdy El-Wensh is suspended for the return game, while Mohamed Abdelmonem broke his nose in the first leg and required surgery which has ruled him out of the decider.
