Medical expert reveals true severity of Mohamed Salah injury after Liverpool latest
Liverpool will not be overly concerned about Mohamed Salah’s ongoing groin injury.
That is the view of injury expert Ben Dinnery, who runs the Premier Injuries site and has a background in medicine and data analysis.
As relayed by The Daily Mail last Saturday (18 June), Egypt team doctor Mohamed Abou El Ela has claimed that Salah is still suffering with an injury sustained in the FA Cup final last month (14 May).
Salah, 30, limped off with an adductor problem in the showpiece at Wembley, which Liverpool eventually won on penalties.
The forward missed the following Premier League game against Southampton but returned for the remainder of the 2021-22 run-in.
He played the first game of Egypt’s recent block of Africa Cup of Nations League qualifiers, a 1-0 win over Guniea on 5 June, but did not feature in the remaining two fixtures.
Dinnery, however, insists that Salah’s groin problems will not cause Liverpool any significant trepidation ahead of pre-season.
“I would be more concerned if Salah had missed those games after the FA Cup final,” he told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“We are going back to that game against Chelsea where he was forced off. It wasn’t really enough to put him out. He had minutes against Wolves and scored.
“Although, we should contextualise that. Maybe that was partly influenced by the race for the Golden Boot. But ultimately, if it was really bad, would he have jeopardised his place in the Champions League final starting XI?
“I think it’s more of a hindrance and a niggle rather than anything too sinister. He played 90 minutes in that first Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea.
“I think this was just something to be aware of and to be managed. If this is why he missed those subsequent matches, fair enough.
“But he should take this opportunity to get some well-deserved rest, recuperate and return fit healthy and fully refreshed to hit the new campaign home.”
Liverpool begin their pre-season fixture programme against Man United on 12 July.
Salah was named PFA Player of the Year for 2021-22.
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