Mido Criticises Salah For Contracting Covid-19 After Attending Brother’s Wedding
Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Hossam Ahmed Mido has criticised Mohamed Salah and handlers of the Egypt national team for the Liverpool striker’s positive diagnosis for coronavirus.
Egypt announced last week that Salah, who was in line to play back-to-back games against Togo in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers had returned a positive test and would miss both games.
The 28-year-old will also miss Liverpool’s home game against leaders Leicester City on November 22 and will be a doubt to face Atalanta in Europe three days later.
Salah attended his brother’s wedding in Cairo last week after arriving in Egypt and many believe he contracted the virus while at the occasion.
Mido, who won the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt in 2006, has slammed the former AS Roma forward and given the Pharaohs’ leadership a piece of his mind for relaxing protocols in camp.
Mido told Al-Nahar TV: “I know I may be under attack after my next comments, but it has to be that way.
“Mohamed Salah made a big mistake by attending his brother's wedding a few days before the Egyptian national team match, he showed great negligence with the steps taken to prevent the coronavirus and the result was that he was infected.
“The neglect of Mohamed Salah caused the Egyptian team to lose an important player in a very important match and time, and he also risked the health of his team-mates.
"He should not have been present at his brother's wedding, especially at that time. The wedding included more than 800 people, and half of them accepted to embrace and kiss Salah.
“The other point here is the silence of all those responsible for the player's negligence, which confirms the fact that the player is still bigger than the national team and this will lead to a great failure.
