Liverpool refuse to launch Salah for World Cup qualifiers

Liverpool has refused to launch Mohamed Salah for Egypt’s upcoming World Cup qualifying matches due to coronavirus restrictions, the nation’s soccer affiliation stated Monday.
Egypt is on Britain’s crimson listing, so Salah can be required to quarantine upon his return from Cairo and miss two Premier League video games.
Egypt is scheduled to play Angola in Cairo on Sept. 2 earlier than touring to face Gabon three days later in Franceville.
The affiliation stated it “continues its contacts with the FIFA …. to have international players be exempted from travel restrictions imposed on them in countries where they play due to coronavirus.”
The Egyptian federation additionally needed Salah to play for the nationwide workforce on the Tokyo Olympics, however it stated Liverpool denied the request. Clubs will not be obligated to launch gamers for the lads’s Olympic match.
Salah, who has twice received the Premier League’s Golden Boot award, examined optimistic for the virus throughout a go to to Cairo in November, the place he attended his brother’s marriage ceremony. At the time, he was to hitch the nationwide workforce for its sport towards Togo.
The 29-year-old Salah was the primary Egyptian participant to change into a Premier League champion after becoming a member of Liverpool in 2018 from Roma. Liverpool is in search of to strike a brand new deal to maintain Salah with the membership.
Egyptians see Salah as an indication of hope for a rustic battered by poverty and years of political turmoil.