Mohamed Salah says he is convinced he will win the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with Egypt “sooner or later”.
Liverpool forward Salah is set to miss his country’s next two games with a muscle injury he sustained during their 2-2 draw with Ghana on Thursday.
The Pharaohs must beat Cape Verde in their final group game on Monday to be sure of qualification from their group.
“I would love to win it, absolutely,” the 31-year-old said. “It will happen somehow – that is what I believe,”
“Whatever I believe, I achieve – so sooner or later, it will happen.”
‘Everybody knows what it means’
Salah has won every major English trophy as part of a glittering career since joining the Reds before the 2017-18 season, as well as the 2018-19 Champions League, when he scored the opening goal in their 2-0 win over Tottenham in the final.
The forward has experienced heartache at the three editions of Afcon he has been involved in, though, starting with a defeat to Cameroon in Gabon in the 2017 final, when Salah set up Egypt’s early opener before their opponents won courtesy of two second-half goals.
A late South Africa winner condemned Egypt to a round of 16 exit on home soil in 2019, and Salah did not have the chance to take his spot kick as hosts Cameroon prevailed on penalties in the final of the 2021 tournament following a goalless draw
“I have won everything possible but this one not yet,” said Salah, whose international debut in 2011 came a year after Egypt won the last of their record seven Afcon titles and preceded a run of three tournaments they failed to qualify for.
“Everybody knows what it means to any player to win an Africa Cup.
“We were unlucky at the last one and also in Gabon. The players are very motivated to win the tournament. We all want to win it.”
