“It's good news for Liverpool, not for Egypt!”

The coach explained the situation and began to describe it in a funny way.

Arne Slot confirmed Mohamed Salah's injury: “It's good for us because the international break is coming”

“It's unusual. You can tell the result. He's not ready for tomorrow's game. What's good for us is that we're entering the international break. It's bad for Egypt that he can't honor the call-up,” Arne Slot said at the press conference ahead of the game with Brighton in the Premier League, according to abola.pt.

Thus, Salah will not be able to represent his country in the two scheduled friendlies, first against Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on March 27 and then against Spain in Barcelona on March 30.

The Egyptian striker recently reached the 50-goal mark in the Champions League after scoring in the 4-0 win over Galatasaray. Mohamed Salah is not having the best season of his career. The Egyptian played in 34 matches, scored 10 times and provided 9 assists. In his last nine games for Liverpool, Salah has contributed four goals and four assists.

Despite the injury, Arne Slot was optimistic about his player's return for the important matches that follow after the international break, notably the clash with Manchester City (April 4) and the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg against PSG (April 8).

We also hope that Mo has shown in the past that he can recover faster than other players in similar situations because he takes such good care of his body. History shows us that he can bounce back faster than other players. There's only two weeks of international break and then we play again. Let's hope that during this period he can return

–Arne Slottat the press conference preceding the duel with Brighton