The absence of Mohamed Salah in Egypt is explained while the holidays of the stars in Liverpool are planned before CAN 2019

Mohamed Salah's efforts with Liverpool in the Champions League allowed him to extend his vacation before the African Nations Cup in Egypt.

Salah scored the penalty spot for the Reds early in the game as they beat Tottenham 2-0 at Wanda Metropolitano on June 1 to secure the club's sixth European Cup and the first trophy of the reign of Jurgen Klopp in Anfield.

After playing for the Reds with a 27-goal campaign last term, the Champions League winner was given extra rest as Egypt started preparing for AFCON 2019.

The competition will begin later at the Zimbabwe Reception on Friday, June 21st. Salah should be among the ranks of Javier Aguirre's Pharaohs.

While his international colleagues are participating in a training camp before friendly matches before the tournament with Tanzania and Guinea, Salah is enjoying the fruits of the job and is currently on vacation.

Salah's holidays will extend after the CAN, Jurgen Klopp ensuring that one of his star men has enough time to rest and recuperate after a busy season eleven months after the World Cup of the Year last.

As revealed on Tuesday, ECHO understands that Klopp will place Liverpool players in specially designed training programs when they return to Melwood next month.

That will include Salah, officials Anfield fearing too much exercise their team after a grueling campaign of 53 games ended in Madrid earlier this month.

Egyptian director Ihab Leheta explained why Salah had more free time than most of his international colleagues before his country hosted the CAN.

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"The national team has eight players playing abroad and six of them finished their season in mid – May, so they managed to get enough rest before they arrived. at camp, "Lehita told TimeSports.

"On the other hand, Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) and Mohamed Salah finished their seasons later because they had finals for the Europa League and the UEFA Champions League, so they had to take some rest.

"Elneny has just arrived at the training camp and is undergoing additional exercises to improve her fitness level." Salah agreed with the technical staff to take extra rest before appearing in the camp in the next few days. h. "

Salah has scored an incredible 71 goals in just 104 games for Liverpool since moving from Rome to £ 36.9 million two years ago.