That's happened with Mane before.
Salah's always been way too selfish.
It's never been much of an issue before because of his obvious quality but this year he started to stink out the majority of matches so it will be a problem sooner or later.
Mo Salah 2025/26 Season
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That's happened with Mane before.
Salah's always been way too selfish.
It's never been much of an issue before because of his obvious quality but this year he started to stink out the majority of matches so it will be a problem sooner or later.
The way they’ve been playing this season so far, they should be having a go at each other
That's an interesting comment. On the BBC player voting he came 10th out of the starters - only MaMa who had nothing to do just below him.
And thinking beck on the game it's difficult to disagree with that - I can't think of any starter that was worse overall.
Personally I thought he had a decent game - little on the attacking front but at least he put in a shift (well it was Real and half the world was watching) and actually defended a few times. Let's see if he can do better versus City.
Liverpool Confidential: Inside Salah's new club v country row
Liverpool and Egypt must agree on when Salah will be released for the Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in Morocco from December 21 to the final on January 18.
Mohamed Salah is set to sit down for crunch talks with Egypt boss Hossam Hassan next week to avoid another club-versus-country row ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Egypt have a training camp and warm-up friendly on the week commencing December 8, where the Pharaohs take on Nigeria at Cairo Stadium.
As reported by local outlet WinWin last week, the Egypt boss has the right to call up Salah for that fixture – and also Manchester City star Omar Marmoush.
Liverpool, however, play Inter Milan away in the Champions League and Brighton at home in the Premier League that week – and want their star forward, who is just coming back into form, for those fixtures.
It is understood Salah would also prefer to stay and play those competitive matches for Liverpool.
The 33-year-old is set for talks with the coach next week, with Egypt set to take on Algeria and Uzbekistan in friendlies.
Two years ago, Liverpool wrote to Egypt asking for Salah to be exempted from an international camp to better his long-term health. Locals in Cairo were furious and said it was their ‘right’ to call up Salah, though they did eventually grant the Reds their wish.
Salah, who has 63 goals in 108 caps and is six shy of Hassan's own Egypt goals record, got injured and flew home early during the last AFCON tournament in the Ivory Coast, which also irked Egyptians. The forward was never fully fit and firing for the rest of the season as Liverpool’s title challenge faltered in spring.
Now the two parties, who hold amicable relations despite disagreements over their star man, must agree on when Salah will be released for the upcoming tournament which takes place in Morocco from December 21 to January 18.
Presuming Salah is granted his wish to leave after the Brighton game, the worst-case scenario for Liverpool – which is if Egypt reach the final – would see Salah miss at least seven games and, realistically, eight.
That would include league games against Tottenham (a), Wolves (h), Leeds (h), Fulham (a), Arsenal (a) and Burnley (h) plus a Champions League game at Marseille four days after the AFCON final, presuming he is given a rest – plus the FA Cup third round in early January.
Egypt, looking to extend their record of seven AFCON titles, are the third favourites behind Morocco and Algeria with the bookmakers so it is not unrealistic to expect Salah, Marmoush and Co to go far into the tournament.
I'm not fine with him missing 7 games. I'd rather none of our players ever missed games to play internationals, or even missed training to play them.
