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“Before I saw him, we were in constant contact on the phone,” he told a press conference.
“Any football player in the world knows that at some point there will be some differences of opinion with the club’s coaching staff.
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‘No issue to resolve’ – Slot on Salah’s future
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“But the communication is open between me and him all the time.
“When he joined us at our training camp, he felt a very high ambition.
“This kind of situation has happened at one point when I first took this position, around a year or just shy of two years ago.
“Mohamed Salah at one stage had some issues (with his club), but when he gets to the national team he gets back on his feet because he finds himself with his national team and his team-mates here.
“Then he comes back better than before, and you will notice that, when he leaves the national team after helping us win and scoring goals, he goes back to Liverpool and performs better.”
Salah looks set to be key to Egypt’s hopes of winning AFCON.
They will get their campaign underway on December 22 against Zimbabwe, and Hassan has no doubts about Salah’s ability to impact the tournament.
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“Salah from what I see, is going to be one of the best players in this tournament with (help from) his team-mates and the coaching staff,” he added.
“Salah will continue to be an icon and one of the best players in the world. I support him in every way as do the Egyptian fans.
“Don’t forget that Mohamed Salah needs to win the Africa Cup of Nations by helping himself and helping us, and we can also help him as the staff, as a team, and the fans too.
“I have confidence in Salah and in all the players.
“But I do see that Mohamed Salah in training and with his team-mates (has the enthusiasm) like a player who has just been called up to the national team for the first time.”
