Liverpool could face losing Mohamed Salah for up to three months next year as the forward is said to be 'desperate' to represent Egypt in the 2021 editions of the AFCON and the Olympic Games.
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the Olympics in Tokyo back a year, and will now fall on the eve of the 2021-22 Premier League season.
More pressing to Liverpool is the next installment of the African Cup of Nations which takes place midway through next season.
And any hopes of Salah choosing club over country appear to have been dashed, after his fellow countryman Mido revealed the star is hellbent on featuring in both competitions. "Salah must go with Egypt to AFCON — and Liverpool don’t have the right to say no," Mido told the Sun. "These