Liverpool doctor sheds light on Salah's World Cup hopes

Mohamed Salah still has an outside chance of making the World Cup, according to Liverpool physio Ruben Pons.

The Egyptian suffered a shoulder dislocation during their Champions League final with Real Madrid over the weekend and there now doubts over his availability for the World Cup, but Pons believes he could still make it to the World Cup, even if he has an outside chance

Salah has travelled to Valencia, in Spain for treatment where he will be assessed by the Egyptian national team doctor also.

However, Pons believes Salah will be out for three to four weeks.He said: “Once we knew the injury we planned the treatment, he is sad about what happened but he is totally focused on recovery and seeing when he can be ready.

“He is going to mark the recovery times, in principle it will be from three to four weeks but we are going to try to reduce those deadlines, that's the big goal.”

Talking to Marca, Pons added: “We knew that it was something serious as soon as (Salah) fell on the ground because he never complains, we were afraid of the worst.“We were in the field until the break, I was devastated, I tried to transmit calmness, I told him that nothing could be done and that he did not worry too much, it was time to look for solutions and not to regret because things did not work. 

“We were watching the game, we were looking at social networks and the security was telling us the result, Madrid has scored, we equalized.

“When we came back, the game was over, the whole team had changed and prepared for riding the team bus.“We helped him change because he could not do it alone and we went to the airport.”