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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah will be called up to play for Egypt at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, under-23 head coach Shawky Gharib has confirmed.
Although the Olympic tournament is mainly for players under 23, each national team can have three older players in their squad, and Gharib has said Salah, 27, will be one of those chosen for Egypt's squad, per ON Sport (h/t Ahmed El Ramady of KingFut.com):
"Out of the three senior players we'll call-up, Salah is the only one we're settled on so far because he's simply one of the top three players in the world.