Mohamed Salah injury timeline confirmed as Liverpool FC handed new blow in Man City title race

Manchester City's Premier League title rivals Liverpool have been given a new update on Mohamed Salah's injury.

The Liverpool forward has a more serious hamstring problem than first thought, which he got while playing for Egypt against Ghana at AFCON last Thursday. At first it was thought that Salah would miss two games, but his agent has now shared that the 31-year-old might not play for four weeks.

Salah's agent Ramy Abbas took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to issue an update on Monday. "Mohammed's injury is more serious than first thought and he will be out for 21-28 days, and not 2 games," he said.

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"His best chance at participating in the current AFCON is by undergoing intensive rehabilitation in the UK and rejoining the team as soon as he is fit." On Sunday, the Egyptian Football Federation confirmed that Salah will fly back to Liverpool after Egypt's final group game on Monday night.

They said: "Salah will attend the Cape Verde game and travel to England afterwards. After carrying out additional examinations in the last hours and after communication between the medical department of the national team and his counterpart at Liverpool, it has been confirmed that the player will return to England to complete his treatment, hoping to catch him in the semi-finals of the CAF Nations Cup in case of qualification."

Following Liverpool's 4-0 win over Bournemouth at the weekend, Jurgen Klopp offered his verdict on Salah's situation. The Reds manager said: "That's the plan (for Salah to return). If that's already decided 100 per cent I don't know, but that's the plan."

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