Mohamed Salah has returned to Liverpool after Africa Cup of Nations duty and might be in the Reds squad for Wednesday’s Champions League match.
Salah left the Reds in the latter part of December 2025 to represent Egypt at the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations. The Egypt forward departed with his future seemingly in doubt following a dispute with head coach Arne Slot.
However, with the issue now settled, Salah is back in town as Liverpool prepare to face Marseille in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Mohamed Salah played for Egypt at the 2025 AFCON tournament in Morocco. (Photo by Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The 33-year-old trained with his teammates on Tuesday lunchtime as they prepared for their trip to France.
It was still to be determined, however, if Salah, who played on Saturday as Egypt lost the third-place play-off to Nigeria, would be included in the travelling party for the league phase encounter.
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai was in daily contact with Salah while he was away but declined to offer any insight into the forward’s mindset.
“We speak about everything [but] that’s between me and him,” the midfielder said. “He will come back and then we just keep on going.
“He will be here and it’s the decision of the manager and the club. It is not about us, it is about him.”
Liverpool are currently ninth in the Champions League table and need a positive result in France to boost their hopes of automatically qualifying for the knockout stages.
