A few days earlier, the Egyptian Football Association approved the application of the men's football team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which finally did not include the striker of English Liverpool Mohammed Salah.

The chairman of the FA of the African country, Ahmed Megahed, then made a comment on the course of negotiations with the leadership of the “red”: “We started talking to Liverpool a long time ago, because we saw the player's desire to take part in the Games, but Liverpool's position was finally unclear.

Unfortunately, already in June I received the final verdict that they would not let him go. This decision is not profitable for us, but we must respect it "

Shawki Garib, the head coach of the Egyptian national team, echoed the words of the football functionary and the head coach of the Egyptian national team: “I personally spoke with representatives of Liverpool many times on this issue, but they refused.

Mohammed asked me to influence the club for a positive decision, and I did my best on my part. In the end - a rejection, but we need to move on.

This is not our only loss. Mohamed Trezeguet was supposed to be the main striker in my team, but was injured when playing for Aston Villa. He was supposed to be replaced by Mostafa Mohamed from Galatasaray, but his club also refused to let go of their footballer, "

Recall that in the group stage, Egypt will have to fight against Spain, Argentina and Australia.