Jurgen Klopp handed Mo Salah title boost by Egypt as he misses international duty
Star has been spared international duty this month and will avoid making a 9,000-mile round-trip
JURGEN KLOPP has been handed a huge title boost as Mo Salah will be spared international duty this month.
Star striker Salah can rest up for Liverpool’s Premier League run in as Egypt boss Javier Aguirre will not call him up.
The Pharaohs play Niger on March 22 in a Africa Cup of Nations’ qualifying dead rubber and travel to Nigeria for a friendly on March 26.
Flying to and from Liverpool and via Cairo this would have represented a 9,000-mile round-trip.
Salah will be given the chance to relax as Klopp’s men attempt to overhaul Man City at the top of the Prem and win the championship for the first time since 1990.
The 2018 PFA Player of the Year scored 44 club goals last season and has 20 this term.
But he wasted a couple of glorious chances to beat Everton in last week’s Merseyside derby and has notched just once in seven games.
Egypt flopped at last summer’s World Cup finals, finishing bottom of Group A with three successive defeats.
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Salah was expected to be one of the stars of Russia but struggled after an injury to his shoulder sustained in the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid.
But the 26-year-old will be expected to be on top form in June and July when his countrymen host the 32nd edition of the African Cup of Nations.
