{"id":572563,"date":"2020-11-18T12:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=572563"},"modified":"2020-11-18T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:35:42","slug":"mohamed-salah-tests-positive-for-the-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/18\/mohamed-salah-tests-positive-for-the-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah Tests Positive for Coronavirus for the Third Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> star man <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e342ad68\/Mohamed-Salah\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> has returned a third positive test for coronavirus, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efa.com.eg\/NewsDetails?k1=8CZqvbqKeFnYljrlRgrW+A==\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egyptian Football Association<\/a> has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The striker is now set to miss Sunday\u2019s clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/09\/05\/leicester-city-feeder-side-for-top-six-clubs\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> and could also be set to sit out of Wednesday\u2019s Champions League clash with Atlanta. It comes as the UK government coronavirus rules state that the Egyptian forward must now undergo a ten-day isolation period after testing positive.<\/p>\n<h2>Third Positive Coronavirus Test for Mohamed Salah<\/h2>\n<h3>Salah to Miss Crucial Games<\/h3>\n<p>According to the Egyptian FA, the 28-year old returned a third positive test during Wednesday\u2019s swab testing. He had already missed Egypt\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Togo on Saturday and Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/13\/mohamed-salah-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/\" target=\"_self\">after testing positive then.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statement from the Egyptian FA read: &#8216;Today, Mohamed Salah, the star of the national team and the English club Liverpool, made a new swab to detect the COVID-19 virus, but its result was positive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today, Mohamed El-Nani, the star of the national team and Arsenal of England, also conducted a second swab, which confirmed its positive results, as their case is followed up first with the knowledge of Captain Mohamed Fadl, a member of the Five-Year Committee, the head of the team\u2019s returning from Togo, and Dr Muhammad Abu Al-Ela, the elected doctor.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Salah Tweets out Appreciation After Coronavirus Case<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019d like to thank everyone for the supportive messages and well wishes. I\u2019m confident I\u2019ll be back on the field soon \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoSalah\/status\/1328760114224967685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian becomes Liverpool\u2019s fourth player to have contracted coronavirus after <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/77e84962\/Thiago-Alcantara\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thiago Alcantara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c691bfe2\/Sadio-Mane\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sadio Mane<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6421ec64\/Xherdan-Shaqiri\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xherdan Shaqiri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His international teammate and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/47a34c4f\/Mohamed-Elneny\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohamed Elneny<\/a> also returned a positive COVID-19 test and will now miss his team\u2019s fixture against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a>. Elneny has become a surprisingly regular starter for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/08\/mikel-arteta-takes-full-responsibility-for-arsenal-defeat-to-aston-villa\/\" target=\"_self\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> this season, featuring 11 times this season so far.<\/p>\n<h3>Absentee Crisis at Liverpool<\/h3>\n<p>The red side of Merseyside is undergoing a serious injury crisis with <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e06683ca\/Virgil-van-Dijk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virgil van Dijk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7a11550b\/Joe-Gomez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Gomez<\/a> long-term absentees, while <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/09\/alexander-arnold-miss-four-weeks-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> is ruled out with injury which saw him limp off in the 1-1 draw with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fabinho, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/16\/england-internationals-chilwell-henderson-injured-against-belgium\/\" target=\"_self\">Jordan Henderson<\/a> and Andy Robertson are all added to the list and now are doubtful for Sunday after picking up injuries on international duty. This could see Klopp field a side without nine regular first-team starters.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"bJW5aKstRopSdlXlrRY3jw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1284576939\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'bJW5aKstRopSdlXlrRY3jw',sig:'S3NRMt6AQTYBoFkkfncn1BcutQyxDQCb6ZKDG5vz6Mw=',w:'594px',h:'434px',items:'1284576939',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool star man Mohamed Salah has returned a third positive test for coronavirus, the Egyptian Football Association has confirmed. The striker is now set to miss Sunday\u2019s clash with Leicester City and could also be set to sit out of Wednesday\u2019s Champions League clash with Atlanta. It comes as the UK government coronavirus rules state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":572571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,2,16,30,3],"tags":[446,7079,458,95,1152,162,5889,756,136],"class_list":["post-572563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-football","category-featured","category-liverpool","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-egypt","tag-egyptian-fa","tag-jordan-henderson","tag-liverpool","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-sadio-mane","tag-thiago","tag-virgil-van-dijk","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}