The Pharaoh is back.This Saturday afternoon, Liverpool hosted Brighton as part of Matchday 16 of the Premier League (2-0). While the match had started perfectly with Hugo Ekitike’s lightning-fast

Salah will now depart to join the Egyptian national team for the Africa Cup of Nations, but manager Arne Slot expects him to come back to the club at the conclusion of the tournament amid transfer speculation.

Egyptian surpass Wayne Rooney after assist against Brighton & Hove Albion, takes goal involvement total to 277 - Anadolu Ajansı

The Egypt international returned to action on Saturday with the league champions after being dropped following an incendiary interview.

Salah’s stunning outburst after a third successive game on the bench, which saw him claim he was being made a scapegoat and was perhaps being pushed out of Anfield, unsurprisingly saw him dropped from the squad that beat Inter 1–0 in the Champions League in midweek.

Around this time last year, the football world was wondering which team Mohamed Salah might join as his Liverpool contract entered its final six months.

Liverpool will include Mohamed Salah in their matchday squad when they play Brighton & Hove Albion, but the player's future at Anfield is still far from certain