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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah tested positive for Covid-19, the Egyptian Football Association announced.
The governing body said a medical swab taken from the 28-year-old tested positive, but said the player was not suffering from any symptoms. The EFA said Salah was now isolating himself and would be “subject to further controls in the next few hours.”
Salah, who has been in sensational form for Liverpool this season, scoring 10 goals in just 13 appearances, attended a family wedding during this international break, with images showing him dancing with other guests and, on more than one occasion, without wear a mask.
The positive test should not leave the 28-year-old aside for long, as long as he remains asymptomatic or develops only mild symptoms. Liverpool will not play again until their Premier League meeting with Leicester on 21 November.
The news is yet another setback for Jürgen Klopp, who already this season has lost Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez due to serious knee injuries and has had to face Alisson, Joël Matip, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara and Trent Alexander-Arnold also marginalized by blows. Thiago and Sadio Mané have also had to isolate themselves during the campaign, having contracted Covid-19 themselves.
