Members of the five-year committee that manages the Egyptian Football Association and the national team made calls to congratulate the Egyptian superstar striker Mohamed Salah, and to invite him to come to Egypt in order to honor him after the "Pharaoh" crowned the "Reds" in the English Premier League title.
Mohamed Salah had continued his remarkable achievements with his English team and crowned the league title with Liverpool for the first time after an absence of 30 years and by a large difference from his closest competitors, so the player would achieve his fourth championship with the team after winning the European Champions League, European Super, and Club World Championship.
Egypt coach Hossam El Badry revealed, in a phone call to the program “Sabahkm Sport” on Egyptian Youth and Sports Radio that “the delay in honoring Mohamed Salah, the English striker for Liverpool, after his accomplishments is due to fear of the current conditions and the inability of Salah to travel and enter the quarantine.” He added: “ Mohamed Salah is a distinct phenomenon and pride for all Arabs and Egyptians, and there he communicated with him permanently and in a desire to honor him from the five-member committee and the team of the team, but the current circumstances prompted us to postpone the matter, especially since the player will not be able to travel and enter the quarantine 14 days, which affects his participation with his team and at the earliest opportunity will be available The opportunity will be honored by Mohamed Salah for his great role in Egyptian football.
The Egyptian Federation had contacted the player to inform him of the honor, but the player apologized at the present time and confirmed that the English government made a decision that any individual who left their territories be isolated even for one day and then return 14 days, to ensure that he was free of the Corona virus, which prompted the Football Association, To postpone the honoring ceremony for the player, the Pharaohs team suggested that the ceremony be held with the first gathering to ensure the attendance of all his team mates.
Mohamed Salah is seeking to win the English Premier League's top scorer award for the third time in a row, as the third player to achieve this achievement in the history of the competition, after the two legends, Alan Shearer and Terry Henry, and now ranks third in the English Premier League's top scorer list with 19 goals, 4 goals behind the leader Leicester striker Jimmy Vardy, 3 rounds before the end of the competition.