Liverpool and Egypt are reportedly at odds over Mohamed Salah’s injury.
Salah injured his hamstring in January while playing for Egypt against Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations.
The 31-year-old missed almost four weeks of action, including Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea, and only came back against Brentford last month.
However, Salah has not played for the Reds since then because of a possible recurrence of the injury.
Liverpool’s request to exclude Salah from Egypt’s squad was denied by the Pharaohs over the weekend.
Their statement said: “We have already received a letter from Liverpool to exempt Mohamed Salah from the upcoming camp due to his injury.
“We sent the name of Mohamed Salah among the professional players that we are requesting to include in the next camp a few days ago.
“It is our right to include any professional player as long as it is at the time of the international agenda, and the issue of whether or not to include him is in the hands of the national team’s technical staff, led by Hossam Hassan.”
Now, as reported by the Daily Mail, the saga has taken another twist.
According to Ehab El Komy of the Egyptian Football Association, the team have not been able to get in contact with Salah.
He said: “The Egyptian national team, led by Hossam Hassan and Ibrahim Hassan, could not communicate with Mohamed Salah so far.
“There hasn’t been any meeting between the technical staff of Egypt and Mohamed Salah yet.”
According to some reports, Salah may resume full team training this week. He could possibly play in Liverpool’s Europa League match against Sparta Prague before facing Manchester City in a crucial Premier League game this weekend.