Confirmed: Liverpool face losing Salah, Mane & Keita midway through 2021/22 – Liverpool FC

Egypt have certified for the Africa Cup of Nations following their 1-1 draw away to Kenya, that means Mo Salah will be part of Sadio Mane and Naby Keita on the match.

Salah began and performed all 90 minutes in Nairobi on Thursday, with Hossam El Badry’s facet needing not less than a draw to ensure their place in Cameroon in 2022.

The end result places Egypt prime of Group G, and ensures they are going to progress to the Africa Cup of Nations, with neither Kenya nor Togo capable of catch them or Comoros.

Senegal had already certified previous to the March worldwide break, whereas Guinea joined them on Wednesday, with Keita enjoying the complete 90 minutes in a 1-0 win over Mali.

Egypt now be part of Senegal, Guinea, Comoros, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Tunisia and hosts Cameroon in having booked their place on the match.

And with the Africa Cup of Nations returning to its traditional dates between January and February, this implies Liverpool stand to lose all three of Salah, Mane and Keita for as much as month halfway by subsequent season.

That’s, undoubtedly, a serious blow to Jurgen Klopp‘s facet, with the Africa Cup of Nations’ final iteration, in 2019, held in the summertime, following the conclusion of the home season.

Liverpool had been with out Mane for seven video games throughout the 2016/17 marketing campaign, with the ahead absent for almost all of January as he represented Senegal on their option to the quarter-finals in Gabon.

This time round it may very well be an even bigger situation for the Reds, with two of their first-choice starters – together with their main goalscorer – together with an essential midfielder set to journey to Cameroon.

Whether or not this informs Liverpool’s switch exercise in the summertime window stays to be seen, however it’s possible that one other ahead shall be focused to complement the likes of Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota.

One participant rumoured to be on the Reds’ radar, Salzburg’s Patson Daka, is also on the match, with Zambia nonetheless hopeful of qualifying by Group H.

There’s additionally the prospect of Salah lacking the beginning of subsequent season, too, if he’s a part of the Egypt squad on the Olympics, however that appears unlikely at this stage.