Mo Salah vs Sadio Mane: Liverpool friends turn enemies for Afcon final

JURGEN KLOPP little doubt watches Liverpool’s faraway stars via his fingers when he tunes in to see them in motion.

However tonight he gained’t simply be fretting in entrance of the telly about Mo Salah and Sadio Mane getting injured.

For they go face to face within the African Cup of Nations ultimate.

One among them will return in occasion mode and the Anfield supervisor might need to convey him down a bit.

The loser, nonetheless, he should choose up earlier than each – he hopes – get again to Premier League responsibility in opposition to Leicester Metropolis on Thursday evening.

Klopp stated: “They need to be accessible and whoever wins will in all probability return again to their nation for celebrations as you’d usually count on.

“So he shall be again right here Tuesday or Wednesday however the different one…properly, we’ll see him earlier.

“I’ll discuss to each of them when every will get again though we might be positive at the least that they are going to have rhythm after enjoying so many video games over there.”

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The Liverpool superstars will go head-to-head on Sunday with their Anfield futures up within the air.

The pair are each into the final 18 months of their contracts and talks over new offers look like progressing slowly, if in any respect.

Salah final month stated the Reds ought to cough up and pay him what he’s price in any new settlement.

Little has been stated about Mane’s state of affairs, with the arrival of Porto’s Luis Diaz doubtlessly softening the blow of any departure.

Egyptian king Salah and his Senegal equal Mane sq. up within the 60,0000 capability Paul Biya Stadium within the Cameroon capital of Yaounde.

Salah and the remainder of the Pharaohs made it there because of 3-1 a penalty shoot-out win over the hosts on Thursday evening.

Mane’s Lions of Taranga had a extra comfy semi-final triumph with the left winger scoring the ultimate aim to beat Burkina Faso 24 hours earlier.

And Senegal go into the sport as favourites, with Mane joined by a number of Prem stars together with Edouard Mendy and Ismaila Sarr in his aspect’s line-up.

On Friday, Egypt pleaded with organisers to delay the ultimate by 24 hours as they complained they hadn’t had sufficient time to get better following their last-four triumph.

Carlos Queiroz’s males performed 120 minutes in opposition to every of Ivory Coast, Morocco and Cameroon within the knock-out levels and begged to play on Monday as a substitute.

Due to Liverpool’s midday kick-off in opposition to Cardiff Metropolis within the FA Cup fourth spherical, Klopp ought to comfortably have time to get residence to look at the sport because it stands with Egypt going for a report eighth AFCON triumph.

Senegal have but to win the trophy.

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