Liverpool Learn Mohamed Salah AFCON Fate As Premier League Fixtures Announced

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·18. Juni 2025

Liverpool Learn Mohamed Salah AFCON Fate As Premier League Fixtures Announced

Mohamed Salah is coming off the back of one of the greatest individual seasons of all time, scoring 29 goals and assisting 18. However, Liverpool have just learnt their Mohamed Salah AFCON fate, as the Egyptian will be away for a short period over December and January.

The Premier League fixtures have now been announced, so the Reds can start planning for life, albeit weeks without their star man up front. Here is every game he could miss.

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Every Premier League Game Mohamed Salah Could Miss Through AFCON

AFCON 2025 will take place from December 21, 2025, up until January 18, 2026. This means if Egypt makes it to the final, the No. 11 could be away for a full month. Here are the games he will be guaranteed to miss, as long as he makes the Egyptian squad for the tournament:

Tottenham Hotspur (A) – December 20, 2025
Wolves (H) – December 27, 2025
Leeds (H) – December 30, 2025

All these games take place during the group stage of AFCON 2025, but if Egypt progress further, he could also miss the following:

Fulham (A) – January 3, 2026 If Egypt make Round of 16
Arsenal (A) – January 7, 2026 If Egypt make the quarter-finals
Burnley (H) – January 17, 2026 If Egypt make the final

Other Fixtures Salah Could Miss

The Premier League isn’t the only competition Liverpool are in, so Mohamed Salah could miss even more games. Here is what he could miss:

FA Cup 3rd Round – Takes place weekend of Saturday, 10 January 2026 If Egypt make the quarter-finals
Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – Fixture takes place week commencing 12 January 2026. If Egypt make the semi-final of AFCON
UEFA Champions League Matchday 7 of the League Phase – January 20/21, 2026 If Egypt make the final of AFCON

With Mohamed Salah AFCON Fate, How Will Liverpool Cope?

Liverpool have plenty of firepower up top, but losing Mohamed Salah for a possible 9 games is a major loss. The club has signed Jeremie Frimpong, and Wirtz looks set to sign, which couldn’t limit the negatives. Frimpong could be used on the right wing, an area of the pitch he knows well at Leverkusen; meanwhile, the German could offset the loss of creativity from Salah.

Diogo Jota could also fill in out on the right, but we still do not know the future of his time at Anfield; meanwhile, Ben Doak is subject to interest from multiple Premier League teams. Additionally, Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott seem set to leave the club, making the Reds quite light in that position come December and January.

The logical move does seem to be Frimpong, with Conor Bradley at right-back behind him. But we will have to wait and see how Arne Slot reacts to losing his star man.

Either way, the Reds won’t be the only club who will be left short