Fifa says Liverpool are not “under obligation” to release Mohamed Salah for 2020 Olympic Games duty with the Egypt Under-23 side.
Egypt Olympic coach Shawky Gharib included Salah in his 50-man provisional squad with the intention of taking the Reds star to the Games as one of the three permitted over-aged players in their squad.
This led to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp appearing reluctant to let his star go to the Olympics which runs from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, Japan.
If the player is allowed to take part, he will miss Liverpool’s pre-season and the start of the 2020/21 Premier League term.