Mohamed Salah hails from Egypt, which is at the moment on the UK authorities’s ‘Red List’.© AFP
Egypt’s soccer affiliation (EFA) stated on Monday Liverpool had refused to launch star attacker Mohamed Salah for the Pharaohs’ upcoming World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Angola and Gabon because of UK quarantine laws. “The Association was informed by Liverpool of their regret of Mohamed Salah being unable to join the national team in their matches against Angola in Cairo and Gabon in Franceville as part of… the World Cup qualifiers,” the EFA stated in a press release posted on its social media.
British media reported earlier that the Reds have been additionally refusing to launch Fabinho, Roberto Firmino and Alisson Becker for Brazil’s three upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Both Egypt and Brazil and are on the UK Government’s ‘purple checklist’.
Egypt’s governing physique stated the choice by Liverpool was prompted by “mandatory isolation for 10 days” for travellers coming back from these nations.
The EFA stated it had urged FIFA to waive quarantine restrictions for worldwide gamers to ease them becoming a member of their nationwide squads for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
In the summer time, Liverpool refused to permit star striker Salah to play within the Olympics, the place Egypt reached the quarter-finals earlier than dropping to eventual gold medallists Brazil.
After their title defence final season was torpedoed by a string of accidents, Liverpool have made a stable begin to this marketing campaign, profitable each their Premier League video games.
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Salah, 29, grew to become the primary participant in English Premier League historical past to attain a aim on the opening weekend of 5 consecutive seasons.
Hossam Badry, the Pharaohs’ coach, introduced final week an inventory of abroad gamers unable to affix the Egypt squad together with Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny and Olympiakos’ Ahmed Hassan.
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