Liverpool star Salah confirmed as Egypt national team captainThe 28-year-old has been appointed as the leader of the Pharaohs and he will aim to guide the North Africans to the 2022 World Cup in QatarEgypt coach Hossam El-Badry has named Liverpool star Mohamed Salah as the captain of the national team. Salah, 28, is not the oldest in the national team but the Egyptian Football Association disclosed that the coach has met with older players in the squad who supported the move. "Hossam El-Badry, the coach of the first national football team, decided to award the captain's armband to Mohamed Salah,” the statement read on the EFA website. “The technical and administrative staff seeks to arrange matters in the coming period to achieve the dream of the Egyptians and football fans to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.”Egypt are placed in Group F in the second round of the 2022 World Cup of qualifiers which start in June. Meanwhile, former Egypt captain and Aston Villa defender Ahmed Elmohamady considered Salah as the most deserving of the armband after the Comoros match.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 19, 2021 13:07 UTC