Al-Wasl player and the national football team Ali Salmeen left for Barcelona today for further medical tests and to meet with a specialist surgeon after suffering a knee injury during the last team camp in preparation for a meeting in Vietnam, which prevented him from participating with the team against Vietnam on Thursday The last in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the Asian Cup 2013.

Salmeen is a key element in both Al Wasl and the national team and was affected by his absence from the starting line-up that played Vietnam, which lost 1-0 to win the tally of six points in third place in the rankings of Group G in the qualifiers.

For his part, Director of the football team at Al Wasl Club Hamid Yousuf told "Emirates Today" that "Salmeen traveled to Barcelona through the Football Association to meet with a surgeon there.