Mido criticizes the position of Mohamed Salah and Liverpool because of the Egyptian team .. He cites Messi (video)

The former Egyptian national team striker and current media figure Ahmed Hossam "Mido" criticized the position of his compatriot Mohamed Salah, following the crisis that recently occurred in the Liverpool club's refusal to allow his star to travel to Cairo to join the Egyptian team for the two African qualifiers.

Mido was surprised in television statements on the Egyptian "Al-Nahar" channel by Mohamed Salah for not speaking with the members of the board of directors of the Egyptian Football Association, content with the communication of his agent with them, and said: "Liverpool refuses to participate Mohamed Salah with the Egyptian national team even in the Gabon match, although Gabon is not in The red zone .. Mohamed Salah does not communicate with any official from the Football Association, and the only one who responds is his agent, Rami Abbas.”

Liverpool had apologized to the Egyptian Federation for not agreeing to the Egyptian player in order to join the Egyptian team due to concern about the Corona virus and travel and quarantine procedures, and asked the Egyptian Federation to assess that situation in order to preserve the player.

Mido said: "Any player has a role in pressuring his club to play with his country, as Messi did with Barcelona to play with the Argentina national team, and Mohamed Salah and all African players must pressure their clubs to allow them to play with their teams."

And the former Egyptian national team player added: "I do not attack Mohamed Salah, I am the first supporter of all players, but where is their role in pressuring their clubs to join the team? I wish the players to have a role, but unfortunately they issue their agents, to speak with the national federations, Mohamed Salah is The reason for Egypt’s victory is that he must pressure his club to play his national role with his country.”

Mido repeated his speech that he will not attack Mohamed Salah, but he reviews the situation and presents the position of the English Federation on sending international players to the national teams.

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