Local reports said several players took up to $5,000 to speak to a Saudi-owned television channel before Egypt’s clash against hosts Russia in their second Group A game of a World Cup campaign to forget.
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The Pharaohs, appearing at their first World Cup finals for 28 years, finished bottom of Group A without a single point to their name.
Salah missed Egypt’s 1-0 defeat by Uruguay in their first match as he was still recovering from a shoulder injury he sustained in the Champions League final last month.
The Liverpool forward was left on the bench during the Pharaohs’ 1-0 defeat by Uruguay in Ekaterinburg on Friday as he continues to recover from the shoulder injury he suffered in the Champions League final last month.
Last month, Salah sustained a shoulder injury during Liverpool’s defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final and it had been expected that the winger would be out of contention for Egypt’s first game in Russia.
“I can almost assure you 100 per cent that he will play, save unforeseen circumstances at the very last minute,” Cuper told a news conference ahead of Friday’s Group A match.
Broos, who has enjoyed a successful spell in charge of Indomitable Lions, having led the team to victory at the last Africa Cup of Nations, was fired following a meeting on Monday morning and his compensation package is what is being discussed
President Fattah announced the reward Monday when he met coach Hector Cuper and the players in Cairo.
Media reports say the 61-year-old is no stranger to final defeats, having lost five finals during his managerial career
“I am satisfied with the Burkina Faso game and I will work to avoid the mistakes made in the friendly when we face Nigeria,” Cuper told the post game press conference
“Burkina Faso’s game will prepare us well for the Nigeria clash in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, despite not having our players abroad, this is a good chance to test our local league’s best players