Mohamed Salah injury: Egypt star a major doubt for the World Cup

Liverpool striker was taken off in the
Champions League final loss to Real Madrid

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Liverpool lost the final 3-1 to Real in Kiev and star striker
Salah suffered a “serious injury” according to Reds boss Jurgen
Klopp. Salah fell after tussling for the ball with Real skipper
Sergio Ramos.

Egyptian Salah, who left the field in tears against Real, was
taken for an X-ray in Kiev and when asked if he was a doubt for the
World Cup Klopp said: “Yeah it is. Unbelievable. There’s
something with the shoulder obviously. He’s at the hospital having
an X-ray.

“It’s either the collarbone or the shoulder. It’s a
serious injury, a really serious injury.”

The Daily Star and the Daily Express both report that Salah will miss
the World Cup. The Express says that the 44-goal striker faces
three months out and his “World Cup dream may be over”.

However, the Egyptian Football Association is “optimistic” that
Salah will take part in Russia. ESPN reports that Salah is still likely to be
named in Egypt’s final squad.

On Twitter the Egyptian FA wrote: “During the telephone
follow-up conducted by the national team delegation in Italy to
check on the status of Mohamed Salah, Liverpool officials said that
X-rays were carried out on Salah’s shoulder and showed that the
injury was a shock in the shoulder joints. Dr Abu Ela expressed his
optimism that Salah to make the World Cup according to this
diagnosis.”

Salah’s goals fired Egypt to their first World Cup since
1990. This summer they will face the hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia
in group A.