Graeme Souness says Liverpool player has an injury which could confuse the medical team

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While on the pitch all is well for Jurgen Klopp, off the pitch there are a few concerns. Especially when it comes to the club’s mounting injury problems.

Currently, Liverpool are without players like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dominik Szoboszlai, Joel Matip and Andy Robertson. On top of that, Wataru Endo is competing at the Asian Cup, and he won’t be back until Japan is eliminated from the tournament.

Not to mention there is also the ongoing situation with Mohamed Salah, who was away at the African Cup of Nations. However, he suffered an injury in Egypt’s second game, and is now on his way back to Liverpool. Although, his return to the tournament has not been ruled out.

Graeme Souness on Mohamed Salah’s injury

Speaking on talkSPORT, former Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness explained that Mohamed Salah is in a precarious situation.

“It’s a classic case of club vs country,” Souness said. “Before going down that road. Hamstring are the worst injury. That’s the injury that players hate because they can kid you. You can get it. What was the term you used? Tweaked a hamstring. You know what the great Bob Paisley would say that’s a six weeker or that’s an eight weeker when he talked about hamstrings.”

Souness then went onto explain why Liverpool needs to be careful with Salah’s recovery. Explaining the hidden details behind hamstring injuries.

“What a hamstring does to you, I’ve only ever had one in my life. What they can do to you, they can kid you on. You have your rest period a week, two weeks, three weeks, you come back, you train a couple of weeks and you say you’re ready. You feel you’ve done everything you had to do, that you would do in a game and ten minutes into the game you go whack and it goes again. So they are the injuries that really confuse a player and can confuse medics. Because you just don’t really know that it’s 100 percent.”

Souness also said that as a Liverpool supporter he would prefer if Salah stayed at Anfield and did not return to the tournament.

“So as Liverpool supporter, I don’t want him to go back. And you can bet that the medics will nudged in that direction.”

Safety comes first in this situation. And while it will be devastating for Salah not to return to the tournament, it is sadly looking that way at the moment.