Mohamed Salah will not be invited for Egypt’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Niger Republic and their friendly encounter against Nigeria in March, the vice-president of the country’s football body Ahmed Shobier has revealed.
The north Africans who have already qualified for this year’s Afcon will round up their qualification campaign with a visit to Niger on March 22.
Four days later, Egypt will lock horns with the Super Eagles as they begin preparation for the continental tournament on home soil.