Liverpool have ruled out surgery on Mohamed Salah despite lingering fears over his persistent ankle problem while manager Jurgen Klopp has also been hit by a potential Olympic call-up for his prolific frontman.
Salah has been nursing the injury since he was hacked down by a heavy challenge by Hamza Choudhury in the Reds' last-gasp 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Brendan Rodgers' Anfield return back on October 5.
Since then he has reportedly been barely able to train and instead has been forced to undergo rehabilitation before playing.
Klopp has revealed that the injury has since been exacerbated following another bad tackle from Manchester City's Fernandinho in Liverpool's 3-1 win at Anfield in their last game before the international break but he has dismissed fears that his biggest star might have to go under the knife.
Quoted in the Mirror, when asked if Salah would require an operation to remedy the problem, Klopp said: "No. It is from the Leicester game. It was getting better and better and then…it is good but it was after the (City) game again, another tackle, it flared up again.
“It is not serious but in the short period we have to let it settle it is always tight for the game.
“We will see. He trained completely on Thursday, a full session, but we have to see how he reacted.”
Meanwhile, Klopp has been rocked by the shock news that Egypt are ready to demand Salah's release to play in next year's Olympic football tournament in Japan as an over-age player for what is an Under-23s competition.
Speaking to the media on Friday, he said: “I know this from an hour ago. I had no idea.
“There are some problems I know in the future. I have to speak to Mo. I don’t know if I do it today, or whenever.
“Do we know if we have to (release him)? I do not know that.”
