MO SALAH is back at Liverpool and ready to face Leicester City on Thursday – although the still-celebrating Sadio Mane is not.
Egyptian star Salah suffered heartbreak on Sunday against his team-mate’s Senegal side in the Africa Cup of Nations final.
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The Pharaohs lost on penalties on Sunday following a goalless draw.
The Liverpool star was due to take the fifth spot-kick for his nation, but he failed to get that chance after Mane scored Senegal’s fifth to clinch the prize.
In a drained and shattered dressing-room afterwards, Egypt skipper Salah stood in front of his colleagues and urged them to ‘get revenge’ in March when the two sides meet again in a two-legged World Cup play-off with a rousing speech.
Now he is back training at Liverpool and could feature in Thursday’s Premier League clash with Leicester.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp told the club’s website: “Mo is now back, I spoke already to him. He is very disappointed of course, but looking forward to all the things coming up here now.
“I spoke to him and pretty much the first thing Mo told me was: ‘I’m ready.’ Haha!
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“He is an experienced player, he is a physical monster, to be honest, so we have to see.
“He will obviously have a little recovery session today and we will see how he feels tomorrow and from there we go.
“The proper plan we don’t have, play him as often and as long as possible is probably the plan, but we will not rush it.
“But if he is fine we will not leave him out for the wrong reasons as well, so let’s see.”
When asked directly if Salah could be involved versus the Foxes, Klopp confirmed he was but revealed Mane is still not back in the country.
He replied: “Yes, yes. Sadio no chance as he’s not even here, but Mo yes.
“Sadio flies out if it’s possible on Wednesday night, so will arrive here on Thursday but he is, of course, then not involved in the Leicester game.
“It means the world to him, it means the world to his people, it means the world to Senegal and we respect that a lot and we would never consider to have called back him from there or whatever – let them do what they do in the moment because they deserve it.
“They’ve had an incredibly intense time, so when he is back we will talk to him and we will see how we can use him.”
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