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Injured Salah to miss rest of Liverpool season, says Egypt director Hassan

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will miss the rest ⁠of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in a 3-1 Premier League win over ‌Crystal Palace, Egypt national team director Ibrahim Hassan said on ‌Saturday.

[p]The 33-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egyptian[/a] winger, who has announced he ‌will leave the reigning Premier League champions at ‌the end of the season, applauded the crowd as ‌he [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/liverpool-lId4TMwf/?mid=YaXS5GvH"]walked off injured in the 60th minute[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] did not announce any update on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a]'s condition. However, Hassan ‌said the Egyptian talisman has played ⁠his last game for ‌the reds.[/p][p][b]"He has suffered a hamstring tear and will ​require four weeks of treatment," [/b]Hassan told Reuters.[/p][p]After nine trophy-filled seasons, Salah's journey with Liverpool ​reaches its conclusion. His farewell will be marked by words rather than goals, addressing the fans ⁠following the season finale ​against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a].[/p][embed guid="bd38eed3-7316-4752-93eb-f3d6086db47a" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2048089655732494453" social-type="twitter" /][p]Liverpool have two home fixtures remaining - against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] on May 9 and Brentford on May 24 - and visit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a] on May 3, a side ‌Salah has regularly tormented, and play Villa away on May 17.[/p][p]Liverpool's third-highest goalscorer of all time, Salah has recorded 12 goals and nine assists across all competitions this season.[/p][p][b]Hassan said Salah will be fit for the 2026 World Cup, where Egypt will face Belgium, New Zealand and Iran in Group G.[/b][/p][p]However, Salah is determined to recover in ‌time for the tournament in North America, which ​starts on June 11 and avoid a repeat ‌of the injury setback he suffered before the 2018 edition.[/p][p]He injured his shoulder in a 3-1 defeat by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] in the Champions League final, and despite scoring twice in two ⁠matches, Egypt were ⁠eliminated at the group stage ‌in Russia.[/p]

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