Mohamed Salah’s long farewell to Liverpool begins on Saturday with the FA Cup quarter-final, his best chance of winning a trophy in his final year at Anfield.
announced by egypt winger Last week, it was announced that he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season after nine years at the club. scoring record He established himself as one of the best players in the world.
Salah could have 15 games left in the famous red shirt. If Liverpool reach the finals in both competitions, they will have seven Premier League games, three FA Cup games and five Champions League games.
It’s not easy.
Defending champion in the Champions League Next up: Paris Saint-Germain The second leg of the quarter-final saw Liverpool play away to Manchester City, an equally tough fixture in the FA Cup.
Salah, who has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liverpool, missed the Reds’ last game before the international break. 2-1 loss against Brighton He has been dealing with a muscular injury in the league, but has told manager Arne Slott that he will be healthy enough to return this weekend.
“He has done a lot for his body over a long period of time, so he is recovering very quickly,” Slott said Wednesday. “So he will train with the team again tomorrow and if everything goes well he will be able to play with us at City.”
Salah, 33, was left out of the Liverpool squad for four consecutive games at the end of 2025. the breakdown of his relationship With slots and clubs.
Since returning from the African Cup of Nations, Salah has been a virtually constant presence in the line-up and appears to have won the Dutch manager’s round.
“That hunger never goes away,” Slott said of Salah. “That’s what I think is most special about him. There are many good players in the world – he is definitely one of them in the last 10 years – and every three days he shows that hungry spirit, that professionalism, that dedication to the club and the team, wanting to score again, always wanting to play…
“We took him down three minutes before the end and he was like, ‘Yeah, we could have added another point.’
Meanwhile, City are aiming for a second domestic cup title. Defeat Arsenal in the English League Cup Josep Guardiola’s side are also chasing Arsenal in the Premier League, but Arsenal will have this weekend off to give them their own spot in the FA Cup.
major matches
The other FA Cup quarter-finals will be played on Saturday and Sunday.
After Saturday’s early kick-off between City and Liverpool, Chelsea will host third-tier Port Vale, the last team left in the competition, while Arsenal will visit second-tier Southampton.
On Sunday, West Ham host Leeds in all Premier League action.
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Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has less than two months left to convince England manager Thomas Thomas that he deserves a place in the World Cup squad.
Foden started both of England’s recent friendlies. Draw with Uruguay and lost to Japan –However, he failed to make an impression either in his role as number 10 or as a “fake number 9,” and manager Tuchel said, “That’s it.” Not a guarantee ” I found out Foden was going to play in the World Cup.
Foden was an English footballer player of the year Although he did feature in the 2023-24 season, he has not been in top form and has hardly started for City in recent months.
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Arsenal’s team sheet for the game against Southampton will be heavily scrutinized with 10 players in mind missed a national team match Due to various issues, there is an international break.
Ebelesi Eze, Julian Timber and Martin Odegaard have already missed the League Cup final due to injury, while Piero Hincapie, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães and Leandro Trossard have since withdrawn from international action.
England’s Noni Madueke and Spain’s Martin Zvimendi both missed the second leg in their respective countries due to injuries.
off the field
Disharmony may increase chelseahere are some recent comments from two of the team’s best players.
Enzo Fernandez After Champions League defeat, Marc Cucurella says he cannot guarantee he will be at Chelsea next season, while he told The Athletic during the international break that the team has become “more stable” under manager Enzo Maresca. was fired in Januaryand “If you had asked me, I would not have made this decision.”
Current Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior is under a lot of pressure after losing four games in a row.
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