Liverpool informed Egypt's FA that they would not be releasing Mohamed Salah for the Olympic men's football tournament at Tokyo 2020. According to the chairman of Egypt's FA, Salah was keen to represent his nation in Tokyo this summer but was refused permission by his club. "We started talking with them a long time ago because Salah wanted to play the Olympic Games, but Liverpool were unclear," Ahmed Megahed told BBC Sport Africa. Image: The Olympic Games run until August 7, a week before the start of the 2021/22 Premier League season"Mohamed wanted to play the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The Villa winger and Salah were set to be two of Gharib's permitted overage players in the squad.

Source: Sky sports July 06, 2021 08:48 UTC