Mo Salah set for scans on foot injury as Liverpool sweat on star after he hobbles off against Brighton
MO SALAH is set for tests to determine the severity of the injury he picked up in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Brighton.
The winger, 29, was forced off in the 65th-minute after injuring his foot by taking a shot.
Minutes earlier Salah had doubled The Reds' lead from the penalty spot but Jurgen Klopp was forced to replace the Egyptian with Diogo Jota.
And when asked about the seriousness of Salah's injury after the match the Liverpool boss said: "We will see.
"He thinks it’s not serious but you can see when Mo Salah is sitting down then something is not 100 per cent right.
"I think it was the situation before when he hit the ball and got blocked – he wanted to shoot and got blocked and I think the foot got slightly overstretched. We have to see.”
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Salah was taken off as a precaution ahead of a busy schedule - they face Arsenal next in mid-week before taking on Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup quarter-final next weekend.
Liverpool were comfortable against Brighton too with Luis Diaz opening the scoring and getting wiped out by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez in the process.
Salah has been in the news this week after his agent scoffed at Klopp's view on the winger's contract situation.
Rio Ferdinand believes Salah now has the choice of either chasing the money or writing his name into Liverpool folklore.
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The pundit said: "Mo Salah is going to say, 'I'm here, this is what I expect, this is the going rate around the league and Europe as one of the best players and highly coveted.'
"Liverpool will say, 'This is the pay structure, are you going to live within that or not?'
"It's up to Mo Salah.
"Does he want to be an absolute idol, an icon at Liverpool forever and stay by falling in line with the pay structure, or is it about money?
"We will find out at the end of this."