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Egypt international Mohamed Salah set to return for Liverpool before the season ends as Anfield exit looms.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 1 May 2026<\/span>1 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Liverpool manager Arne Slot said Mohamed Salah \u201cdeserves a big send-off\u201d as he confirmed he expected the departing superstar to return from injury before the end of the season.<\/p>\n The Egypt forward, who will leave Anfield at the end of the campaign, was forced off in last weekend\u2019s 3-1 win at home to Crystal Palace, prompting fears he may have played his final game for the Reds.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Salah applauded the fans and was given a standing ovation as he made his way off the pitch.<\/p>\n Liverpool confirmed on Wednesday that Salah, 33, had suffered a \u201cminor muscle injury\u201d and was expected to be able to return to action before the campaign comes to an end.<\/p>\n They travel to face Manchester United on Sunday after three straight wins put them firmly on course for a place in next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cWe expect him to be back in the final part of the season, but not for Sunday,\u201d Liverpool boss Slot said at his pre-match news conference on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a big relief that his injury is minor, so that he\u2019s able to play for us, that he\u2019s able to play at the World Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if there\u2019s ever a player who deserves to get a big send-off, it\u2019s definitely Mo.\u201d<\/p>\n Salah has scored 257 goals in 440 appearances since his arrival at Anfield in 2017, behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt in Liverpool\u2019s list of leading goal scorers.<\/p>\n He had a public spat with Slot in December, declaring he had \u201cno relationship\u201d with the Dutchman after being dropped for three consecutive games.<\/p>\n But the Liverpool manager later said he had \u201cno issue to resolve\u201d with the forward returning to the fold.<\/p>\n Liverpool, whose Premier League title defence collapsed dramatically from late September, have four games remaining, starting with their trip to face United.<\/p>\n Clubs in the Saudi Pro League and the Major League \u2060Soccer (MLS) in the United States have been linked with moves for Salah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Egypt international Mohamed Salah set to return for Liverpool before the season ends as Anfield exit looms. Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026 Liverpool manager Arne Slot said Mohamed Salah \u201cdeserves a big send-off\u201d as he confirmed he expected the departing superstar to return from injury before the end of the season. The Egypt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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