A new Egyptian letter to Liverpool to allow Mohamed Salah to participate in the Olympics
The Egyptian Olympic team coach Shawky Gharib awaits a response from the English club Liverpool, to decide that star Mohamed Salah will join the list of the Pharaohs participating in the football competition in the Tokyo Olympics next July.
Gharib said today in a call with Agence France-Presse that "an official letter was sent yesterday to Liverpool FC," following the announcement of the Olympiad draw, and Egypt falling into a fiery third group that includes Spain, Argentina and Australia.
He added, "This letter contained details of the national team's camp before and during the tournament, places of residence, match times and stadiums, in implementation of the request of Liverpool club officials in response to our previous speech after the Egyptian national team match against Comoros in the African Nations Cup qualifiers."
Gharib told France Press at the end of last March that Salah's participation with Egypt is a tripartite decision between him and the German Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp and the desire of the player himself.
Gharib added, "We have a long time to wait for Liverpool's response, until next May 19, the date for the semi-final list, which will include 50 players, and on June 30 we will decide the date for the final list of 22 players who will participate in the Olympiad."
And according to the rules of football competition in the Olympic Games, the participation of three players over the legal age (23 years).
Salah (28 years), who was appointed by the first team coach Hossam Al-Badri as captain of the Pharaohs this week, is one of the most prominent football players in the world and led Liverpool to the Champions League 2019 and the Premier League titles 2020. And any other names he settled on for players over age will be included in the list The Pharaohs, Gharib said, "I have not decided yet about the rest of the players over the age (23 years) and I have time to think, and I said previously that I may need defenders and circumstances may change and I need support for other centers."
Regarding the Olympic draw and the Egypt group, Gharib explained, "I will not repeat what has been said since the announcement of the draw, we are in the group of death and the like, the tournament includes the best 16 teams in the world, and our group includes three continents of Spain, the European champion, and Argentina, the South American champion ... are ready ... To all the clashes in this huge global event. "
Gharib spoke of strong friendly matches in the pre-season camp, "but on condition that they qualify for the tournament, so that the matches are at the same levels that we will play against."
The Pharaohs will compete in the Olympic competition finals for the twelfth time in their history next summer, and their best result remains in reaching the semi-finals in 1928 in Amsterdam and 1964 in Tokyo, and they reached the quarter-finals three times in 1924 in Paris, 1984 in Los Angeles and 2012 in London, where the last participation was.
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