Mohamed Salah tests positive AGAIN for COVID-19 and joins growing injury list for Leicester City clash

Mohamed Salah will miss Liverpool’s conflict with Leicester Metropolis this weekend after testing constructive for COVID-19 but once more.

The Egypt worldwide had retained hope he might return to England, with the Egyptian Ministry of Well being’s head of COVID-19 anticipating a damaging end result.

However after testing constructive throughout his two checks final Friday, Salah has accomplished an unlucky hat-trick along with his third constructive end result, the Egyptian FA confirmed.

The 28-year-old joins Arsenal midfielder and Egypt teammate Mohamed Elneny in self-isolation, with no probability of both returning to the UK for the respective Premier League clashes.

Salah might additionally miss the Champions League sport in opposition to Atalanta subsequent Wednesday night time and also will be thought-about a doubt for the journey to Brighton on the next Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp is probably going dreading this information, along with his squad already depleted by accidents. Thiago, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Andy Robertson are all doubts for Sunday night’s fixture at Anfield, whereas Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are long-term absentees.

Summer season signing Diogo Jota might nicely begin rather than the No.11 in opposition to Leicester, though Xherdan Shaqiri is pushing for a beginning berth after spectacular cameo appearances in opposition to West Ham United and Manchester Metropolis.

Salah is the FIFTH Liverpool participant to have contracted coronavirus this 12 months, with Thiago, Shaqiri, Sadio Mane and Kostas Tsimikas all being struck down.