Liverpool Star Declared Fit and Ready for Egypt Versus Senegal World Cup Play Off

• Mohamed Salah has been declared fit for the crucial World Cup play-off between Egypt and Senegal on Friday
• The Liverpool star picked a knock during the Reds game against Brighton in the English Premier League
• The Pharaohs host the Teranga Lions of Senegal on Friday for the first leg of their World Cup play-off

Egypt have been handed a huge boost after captain Mohamed Salah was declared fit and ready for the upcoming World Cup play-off against Senegal.

Salah picked a minor knock in Liverpool's English Premier League game against Brighton, forcing him to miss the FA Cup clash against Nottingham Forest.

Ahead of Friday's epic encounter between the AFCON finalist, Egypt's team manager Diyaa El-Sayed revealed their captain is ready for the game.

"Mohamed Salah is fit and ready for the clash,” he said as quoted by KingFut.

Egypt will be hoping to avenge the Africa Cup of Nations final defeat by beating Senegal and qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar later this year.

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The Pharaohs will host Senegal in the first leg in Cairo on Friday before travelling to Dakar for the second leg four days later.

Liverpool manager explains decision to bench Salah and Mane

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he had to rest his African stars, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané to avoid being misunderstood.

Klopp had earlier being criticized for sharing his thoughts about the Africa Cup of Nations, which he feels was wrongly captured.

However, with Egypt and Senegal set to clash again this week in the World Cup play-off, the German trainer decided to bench the duo for the FA Cup game against Nottingham Forest.

Senegal stars arrive in Marrakech ahead of Egypt clash

Players of the Senegalese national football team arrived in Marrakech like champions en-route to Cairo for their World Cup play-off against Egypt.

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A batch of ten players including Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and Bayern Munich's Bouna Sarr touched down in the Moroccan city on Sunday.

The rest of the team are expected to arrive on Tuesday before the team continues it's journey to Egypt for the big game.