Ehab El Khatib revealed that the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah refused to wear the captaincy of the Egyptian team during the camp to be played for two matches in the African Nations Cup qualifiers. "Mohamed Salah told the national coaching staff that he refused to wear the captaincy and that Ahmed Fathi is the best and right to wear it."
Mohamed Salah was absent from the first rallies of the national team under the life of Egyptian coach Hossam Al-Badri, because of injury and this is the first appearance of the Egyptian star in the team after the famous voting crisis in the referendum of the best player in the world.