Egypt boss issues Mohamed Salah injury update following World Cup scare

Egypt caput manager Hossam Hassan has provided the latest update connected Mohamed Salah aft the guardant suffered an wounded scare against Iran connected Saturday.

The Pharaohs progressed to the Round of 32 arsenic runners-up successful Group G aft securing a melodramatic 1-1 gully with Iran astatine Seattle Stadium.

Salah looked lively during the opening fractional arsenic Egypt took an aboriginal pb done Mahmoud Saber, but Hassan amazingly withdrew him aft the break.

Mohamed Salah wounded update: Boost for Egypt 

The erstwhile Liverpool guardant limped disconnected successful the 57th infinitesimal with a near genu occupation and was owed to acquisition a scan aft the match.

Salah was seen with crystal packs strapped to his genu connected the bench, but helium returned to the transportation aft the last whistle to observe qualification with his teammates.

Egypt volition look Australia successful the Round of 32 adjacent Friday, and Salah is present successful a contention against clip to beryllium his fitness.

"I talked to Salah and helium said he's going to beryllium OK and it's not a large injury," Hassan said, arsenic quoted by Sky Sports News.

"We inactive person clip to speech to the aesculapian staff. I deliberation helium volition beryllium back, and erstwhile I spoke to Salah helium assured maine he's going to beryllium OK." 

Salah has erstwhile again been instrumental for Egypt, registering 3 extremity contributions already, and helium is present conscionable 1 extremity distant from equalling Hassan's all-time nationalist scoring grounds of 68.

Mohamed Salah: What does the aboriginal clasp for him? 

Following the expiry of his Liverpool contract, Salah is present a escaped agent, though determination volition beryllium nary shortage of funny clubs oregon lucrative offers.

While galore players nearing the extremity of their contracts person already secured caller clubs oregon are actively exploring their options, Salah's aboriginal remains unresolved.

His agent, Ramy Abbas, remained tight-lipped earlier this month, penning connected X: "Mohamed is doing perfectly good and neither helium nor I similar to sermon delicate aboriginal plans with radical not progressive successful them."

After receiving an affectional farewell astatine Liverpool, a instrumentality to Anfield appears retired of the question, portion a determination to a Premier League rival specified arsenic Manchester United, Manchester City oregon Arsenal besides seems highly unlikely.

Salah has antecedently enjoyed a palmy spell successful Italy, and with Serie A clubs often consenting to enlistee experienced stars, the likes of Inter Milan, AC Milan, Napoli and Juventus could each look arsenic imaginable suitors if they tin transportation him to little his wage demands.

A determination to the Turkish Super Lig, MLS oregon the Saudi Pro League besides remains a realistic possibility, with clubs successful those competitions susceptible of offering lucrative contracts portion continuing to pull planetary superstar names.