Virgil van Dijk hopeful Mohamed Salah will be fit for Liverpool farewell after injury

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Salah came off in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace with a hamstring injury, with head coach Arne Slot unsure if he will be back before the end of the campaign. I know he is doing everything in his power to be back on the pitch as soon as possible.” Liverpool have four matches remaining, starting with Sunday’s trip to Old Trafford, with their other trip being to Aston Villa.

“If you get injured at this stage of the season, especially in the situation he is in, there is only two more home games left for him it’s a combination of feelings that go through your mind when you go off,” Van Dijk said. Mohamed Salah suffered a hamstring injury against Crystal Palace (Reuters)“The reality is he has to get scanned, assessed, hopefully he won’t be long but at this point I don’t know.

I have no idea.” Salah is the third highest scorer in Liverpool’s history, with 257 goals in 440 appearances, and Van Dijk believes his achievements – including winning the Champions League in 2019, the Premier League twice and the PFA Player of the Year award three times – mean he will be celebrated, whether or not he is able to play for the club again. “He will get the send-off regardless,” he added.