Mohamed Salah acts with the energy of a teenager on his first-ever football camp, according to his Egypt boss who says he is one of the best players in the world.
Salah was heavily criticised for his explosive comments about his club Liverpool and their head coach Arne Slot a fortnight ago – for which he apologised – but the nation of Egypt has been well behind him ahead of perhaps the 33-year-old’s final Africa Cup of Nations.
Speaking here in the sun-kissed Agadir on the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains ahead of Egypt’s AFCON opener against Zimbabwe, manager Hossam Hassan said: ‘Salah’s morale in training is u200bvery high, as if he were just starting out with the national team!