Last updated on .From the section LiverpoolSalah scored 22 league goals for Liverpool during the 2020/21 seasonLiverpool do not expect any of their players, including Egypt's Mohamed Salah, to play in the Tokyo Olympics. Fifa has previously acknowledged that clubs are not obliged to release over-age players for the Tokyo Olympics. Megahed told Egyptian broadcaster ONTimeSport: "Salah agreed to lead the Olympic team during the last camp of the Egyptian team. "We contacted Liverpool to allow Salah to join the Olympic team, and they said they were waiting for the approval of the technical staff. Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino, 26, has not been named in Japan's squad for the Olympics, while summer signing Ibrahima Konate, 22, is unlikely to figure for France.

Source: BBC June 23, 2021 14:03 UTC