Injured Salah will miss the rest of Liverpool’s season, the Egyptian national team director has said

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah will miss the rest of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in a 3-1 Premier League win over Crystal Palace, Egypt national team director Ibrahim Hassan said on Saturday.

The 33-year-old Egyptian winger, who has announced he will leave the reigning Premier League champions at the end of the season, cheered the crowd as he walked off injured in the 60th minute.

Liverpool have not provided an update on Salah’s condition. However, Hassan said that the Egyptian talisman has played his last match for the red team.

“He has suffered a hamstring tear and will need four weeks of treatment,” Hassan told Reuters. After nine trophy-filled seasons, Salah’s journey at Liverpool comes to an end. His farewell will be marked by words rather than goals, with him addressing the fans after the season finale against Brentford.

Liverpool have two home games remaining – against Chelsea on May 9 and Brentford on May 24 – before visiting Manchester United, a side that has regularly tormented Salah, on May 3 and playing Villa away on May 17.

Salah, Liverpool’s third-highest goalscorer of all time, has 12 goals and nine assists in all competitions this season.

Hassan said Salah will be fit for the 2026 World Cup, where Egypt will face Belgium, New Zealand and Iran in Group G.

However, Salah is determined to recover in time for the tournament in North America, which starts on June 11, and avoid a recurrence of the injury he suffered before the 2018 edition.

He injured his shoulder in a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, and despite scoring twice in two games, Egypt were eliminated in the group stage in Russia.

Published on April 26, 2026