Liverpool officially refuses to allow Mohamed Salah to participate in the Tokyo Olympics

Sports websites reported today, Tuesday, that Liverpool Football Club officially refused to represent its Egyptian international player, Mohamed Salah, his country in the Tokyo Olympics.

And the coach of the Egyptian national football team, Shawky Gharib, said that Egypt had repeatedly tried to persuade Liverpool to allow Mohamed Salah to play in the Summer Olympics, but the Reds “completely refused” the participation of their striker, according to the “Liverpool Echo” website, which is close to the management of the English club.
According to the site, Liverpool prevented Salah from participating because the tournament is not under the authority of “FIFA”, which Gharib claims is contrary to Mohamed Salah’s personal desire.

Shawky Gharib spoke for the first time about Liverpool’s decision to prevent Mohamed Salah from participating in the Tokyo Olympics this weekend, in new statements to “BBC Sport Africa”, yesterday, Monday, in which he said: “I tried many times with Liverpool, as did the Federation. The Egyptian Football Association, to persuade them to allow Salah to be part of the Olympic team, but they refused completely.

He added:

“Salah wanted to participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and he spoke to me about it, and I did my best to bring him in. Salah was a key player in my Olympic plans, but the club refused and we need to move on.”

In a related context, the president of the Egyptian Football Association, Ahmed Megahed, said: “We started talking with Liverpool a long time ago because Mohamed Salah wanted to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, but Liverpool was not clear.”

He continued, “I knew last June that they would not let him go, in any case we respect their decision.”

The Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8.