Juergen Klopp, technical director of the Liverpool team, expressed his wish that Mohamed Salah will not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the national team because he did not lose at the opening of the new season of the English Premier League, as the Olympic Games will be held between July and August 2020 coinciding with the beginning kick .
“No decision has been made, do I want to lose a player in the run-up to the new season? Certainly not, but I have to take into account several other things,” Klopp said at a press conference today.
Klopp added, “I need to talk to Salah and more information about the situation, and so far no one has contacted me about Salah’s participation in the Olympics.”
Olympic team coach Shawky Gharib announced that Mohamed Salah would be his first choice among the trio over the age to participate with the team in the Olympics, and his agent Rami Abbas replied to him via Twitter that the decision has not been taken yet regarding his participation or not.
On the other hand, Klopp said, “Except for the two injured Shakeri and Klein, the entire team will be ready to participate tomorrow in the Norwich City match, including Milner and Sadio Mane, everyone is returning from a rest period and is important to recover from the pressure of matches and I am happy with that after the players went all over the world during that Period.”
On facing Norwich City, Klopp said, “Whoever thinks that the match will be easy is wrong, and who says that only watches the league table, but we know the size of the problems that we may face in that match, and we also know what we can do.”
Liverpool tops the Premier League table with 73 points, 22 points ahead of Manchester City, its closest rival, and 55 points over the 20th and last-ranked Norwich City, which is facing a severe downside risk to the first division. “Championship”“.
Liverpool is seeking to continue its sweeping campaign to win the Premier League title absent from the club’s treasures since 1990, knowing that the team won 24 of the 25 matches played in the competition so far, while it drew in a single match with Manchester United, 1/1 at the stadium “Old” Trafford“.
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