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Liverpool to Decide on Mohamed Salah Olympics Place, Says Egypt's Shawky Gharib

Bleacher Report | February 13, 2020

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Mohamed Salah will only be involved in the Egypt squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if he, Liverpool and Reds manager Jurgen Klopp give the green light, according to Pharaohs coach Shawky Gharib.

The Olympic tournament rules state that squads must be made up of players under 23, but three over-age players are allowed to be involved.

Gharib recently confirmed that Salah, 27, would be one of Egypt's over-age picks:

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Egypt's @Olympics coach Shawky Gharib has revealed he is planning on calling @MoSalah into his #Tokyo2020 squad ud83cuddeaud83cuddecud83dudc51 ud83dudd34@LFC's world-class winger was part of their last visit at London 2012.

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