Ibrahim Hassan said Salah will be out for four weeks with a torn hamstring but will be fit to represent Egypt at the World Cup.
Published April 26, 2026
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will miss the remainder of the Premier League season after sustaining a hamstring injury in the 3-1 win against Crystal Palace, Egyptian national team director Ibrahim Hassan has confirmed.
Liverpool did not release an update on the 33-year-old Egyptian forward’s condition. But Hassan said on Saturday that the Egyptian talisman had played his last game for the Reds.
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“He has injured his hamstring and will need four weeks of treatment,” Hassan told Reuters.
Salah, who announced he would be leaving the reigning Premier League champions at the end of the season, was applauded by the crowd when he was forced off injured in the 60th minute on Saturday.
“We won again, but we got injured again,” Liverpool manager Arne Slott told the BBC. “This is the story of our season.
“It’s too early to say, but we all know about Mo and how difficult it is for him to leave the pitch. Mo (Salah) leaving the pitch shows something, but we’ll have to wait and see how bad it is.”
After nine trophy-filled seasons, Salah’s journey with Liverpool is coming to an end. His farewell will be marked by words rather than goals, which he will address to the fans after the final game of the season against Brentford.
Liverpool have two home games remaining, against Chelsea on May 9th and Brentford on May 24th. They will visit Manchester United, a side Salah regularly torments, on May 3, before playing away to Villa on May 17.
Salah is Liverpool’s third-highest scorer in all competitions, with 12 goals and nine assists in all competitions this season.
Hassan said Salah would be fit for the 2026 World Cup, which will feature Egypt, Belgium, New Zealand and Iran in Group G.
However, Salah is determined to recover in time for the North American tournament, which begins on June 11, to avoid a repeat of the injury setback he suffered before the 2018 tournament.
He injured his shoulder in the 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, and despite scoring two goals in two games, Egypt were eliminated in the group stage against Russia.
