Egypt boss responds to Mohamed Salah 'crisis' as bold Liverpool prediction is made

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It comes as the winger has joined up with his fellow countrymen for the start of their Africa Cup of Nations campaign.Just a few weeks before, Salah dropped a bombshell interview with reporters where he claimed that he felt the club had thrown him under the bus, after being dropped for three games in a row. There was also uncertainty as to whether he would play for Liverpool again after AFCON, with Arne Slot unable to shed any light on the situation.Now that he's joined up with the Egypt squad, his manager, Hassan, gave his thoughts on the situation as he told the press: "Whenever Salah’s performances dip with his club, he regains his strength with the national team and becomes even better, whether by contributing goals or scoring himself.

Then he returns to his club even stronger.READ MORE: Liverpool fear Alexander Isak facing lengthy layoff with 'significant injury'READ MORE: Alexander Isak's Liverpool luck only changed for a second as £125m man suffers cruel setback“Salah’s morale in training is very high, as if he were just starting out with the national team, and I believe he will have a great tournament with his country I feel his motivation is very, very strong. His focus is entirely on the tournament.”The suggestion that Salah returns stronger after being with his national team could well be a bold prediction that he may well do the same when he returns from international duty to join up with Liverpool once again.

The forward kicks off his AFCON journey with Egypt on Monday night - 8pm GMT - with a clash against Zimbabwe, where it remains to be seen if he is back in the first team from the start.The 33-year-old may feel as though he has something to prove in the competition, having previously got so close, yet so far, to lifting the ultimate prize at the end.The motivation may be even greater after Jamie Carragher's scathing assessment on the Liverpool ace on Sky Sports shortly after his interview, where he said: "One thing I just want to sort of remind Mo Salah and maybe his agent is that before he came to Liverpool, Mo Salah was known as the guy who failed at Chelsea.Liverpool knocks 50% off kits and merchThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. He'd never won a major trophy before he came to Liverpool.