Salah will hold talks with Egypt coach to avoid conflict between Egypt and Liverpool over recruitment issue

Hupu News November 06: Liverpool and team reporter Lewis Steele wrote a column in the "Post" to talk about some inside information about the team.

Salah’s new dispute between his club and the national team may result in the absence of 10 games

Mohamed Salah will hold key talks with Egypt coach Hossam Hassan next week to avoid another conflict between the club and the national team on the eve of the African Cup of Nations.

The Egyptian team will hold a training camp and conduct a warm-up match in the week starting on December 8. The Pharaohs will face Nigeria at the Cairo Stadium. According to local media "WinWin" last week, the Egyptian coach has the right to call up Salah for the game, and Manchester City star Omar Marmouche is also included in the call-up.

However, Liverpool have an away game against Inter Milan (Champions League) and a home game against Brighton (Premier League) that week, and they hope that the star forward who has just regained his form can play in these games. It is reported that Salah himself is more inclined to stay in the team and participate in these competitive events for Liverpool. The 33-year-old is due to meet his coach next week before Egypt play friendly matches against Algeria and Uzbekistan.

Salah represented the Egyptian team in 108 appearances and scored 63 goals, which is only 6 goals away from the Egyptian team's historical scoring record held by Hassan. During the last African Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire, he returned home early due to injury.

Two years ago, Liverpool wrote to the Egyptian team requesting that Salah be exempted from participating in a certain national team training session to benefit his long-term health. Local people in Cairo expressed anger, saying it was their "right" to call up Salah, but Liverpool's request was eventually met.

During the last Africa Cup of Nations, Salah's injury and early departure from the team also angered the Egyptian people. The striker never quite regained his best form in the following season and Liverpool's title campaign stalled in the spring.

Now, although the two sides have differences over the use of this star player, the relationship is still relatively friendly. They must reach an agreement on when Salah will report to the national team-the current African Cup will be held in Morocco from December 21st to January 18th.

If Salah leaves the team after the game against Brighton as he wishes, the worst case scenario facing Liverpool (if the Egyptian team reaches the final) is that he misses at least 7 games, and the actual situation may reach 8 games.

This includes league games against Tottenham (away), Wolves (home), Leeds United (home), Fulham (away), Arsenal (away), Burnley (home), as well as the Champions League away game against Marseille four days after the African Cup final (assuming he gets a rest), plus the FA Cup third round in early January.

The Egyptian team is eager to further expand its record of seven African Cup championships in team history. Bookmakers have ranked them as the third favorite to win the championship, second only to Morocco and Algeria. Therefore, it is not unrealistic for Salah, Malmouche and others to lead the team further.

Potter calls up Isak

Talking about potential conflicts between club and national team, Swedish team coach Graham Potter has called up Alexander Isak to participate in the two World Cup preliminaries life and death matches against Switzerland and Slovenia next week.

Isak has missed Liverpool's nearly 4 consecutive games due to a groin injury in the first half of the game against Frankfurt two weeks ago. The £125million striker remains doubtful for Sunday's game against Manchester City but could be named on the bench.

The Swedish team only accumulated 1 point in the first four World Cup qualifying games. Isaac and the team must strive for victory and hope that other games will have favorable results in order to qualify for next summer's World Cup.

For Arne Slott, Isaac needs to gradually return to form, and participating in two key games at this time may not be an ideal situation.

Porter's predecessor Jan Dal Thomassen adopted a relaxed attitude towards Isaac in the previous two national team training sessions, which was deeply recognized by Slott. The two coaches had communicated, and the former Blackburn coach was thanked for his patience.

But in the end, Isaac failed to stay healthy and perform well, which also led to Thomason being fired in mid-October. Will Porter have the same patience? It wouldn't be surprising if Slott called Porter in the coming days.