Will Mohamed Salah play in the World Cup? Injury update and rumors

Mohamed Salah’s unfortunate injury and substitution from the Champions League Final raises major questions about his availability for the World Cup.

All eyes were on Liverpool’s Egyptian star on Saturday, but after a nasty tangle with Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos, his night was done after 29 minutes. He tried to carry on but couldn’t and left Kiev in tears. Now the question on everyone’s mind is will he play for Egypt at the World Cup.

The English club provided this update on their team website following the game with manager Jurgen Klopp saying it “doesn’t look good,” but there has been more news since his comments.

First, the Egyptian FA sent out a tweet stating the following:

"During the telephone follow-up conducted by the national team in Italy to check on the case of Muhammad Salah, Liverpool officials reported that the Rays had been performed on the shoulder Salah showed that the injury was alarmed in the shoulder bands and Dr. Al-Ola expressed optimism that Salah would follow the World Cup matches in accordance with this Diagnostic"

It’s a sigh of relief considering the panic that must’ve been felt in Egypt as they watched their hero go down in pain. With his recovery time set at three weeks, it seems that Salah will be fit in time, just a few weeks before Egypt’s opening game.

Salah himself later tweeted that he was “confident that [he’ll] be in Russia to make you all proud.”

Egypt’s opening group stage game will be against Uruguay on June 15. Simply put, the World Cup needs a star player like him. After a tremendous debut season for Liverpool, it’s only right Salah gets to shine on soccer’s biggest stage.

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As for the murmurs that Liverpool wouldn’t approve, the club would be foolish not to let him represent his country in Russia. Yes, there’s a big chance of re-injuring the shoulder, but it’ll mean more to Salah if he can fulfill a dream of his and his countrymen. Besides, would you really want to get on his bad side after all he’s done for the club so far?

We’ll surely have a definitive answer come mid-June. There’ll be more updates as this story progresses.