Mo Salah confident of World Cup fitness as €1bn lawsuit is filed against Sergio Ramos

Petition receives 459,000 signatories
demanding action against the Real Madrid captain after Salah’s
shoulder injury

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The Real Madrid captain was the cause of Salah’s nasty fall
during Saturday’s Champions League final and initially the
prognosis was bleak for the Liverpool talisman. The left shoulder
that bore the brunt of his fall, as Ramos grappled him to the
ground, was believed to have suffered ligament damage severe enough
him to sideline him from the World Cup.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said on the club’s website that the injury was “really
serious”, but Salah subsequently told Egypt via Twitter that he was “confident” he would recover in
time for their first World Cup match against Uruguay on 15 June.
“Your love and support will give me the strength I need,” he
added. 

There was a similar upbeat message from the Egyptian FA, who revealed Salah had suffered “a
sprain in the shoulder ligaments” but they were “optimistic” he
would be fit for Russia.

‘Ramos intentionally injured Salah’

Nonetheless, Egyptian lawyer Bassem Wahba believes Ramos needs
to pay – literally – for his clumsy challenge on the Premier League
Golden Boot winner, reports Goal.com. 

During an appearance on national broadcaster Sada
El-Balad, Wahba accused Ramos of a deliberate act that inflicted
“physical and psychological harm” on the whole country.

He added: “Ramos intentionally injured Mo Salah and should
be punished about his actions. I’ve filed a lawsuit and a complaint
to Fifa.”

Asked what he hoped to obtain from his lawsuit, Wahba
replied: “I’ll ask for compensation, which could exceed €1bn, for
the physical and psychological harm that Ramos gave Salah and the
Egyptian people.”

If the lawsuit is successful Wahba has promised to donate the
money to Long Live Egypt Fund. A petition has also been launched on
Change.org, demanding that Uefa and Fifa take
action against Ramos for what he did to Salah. As of this morning
it had received 459,000 signatories. 

Egyptian press blame Saudi Arabia

Meanwhile, elements of the Egyptian press have blamed Saudi Arabia for
what happened to Salah, claiming it is all part of a dastardly
“plot” by their World Cup rival. The two countries are in the same
group and Turki al-Sheikh, the Saudi sports minister, has spoken in
the past of his wish “to see Salah absent from the World
Cup”.