Mohamed Salah ‘happy’ with Egypt amid Chechnya political symbol furore

• Salah said to be angry about team banquet with Kadyrov
• Egyptian FA says there is ‘no problem’ and Salah is ‘happy’

The Egypt football federation has said that Mohamed Salah is training well and has no desire to leave the World Cup despite reports claiming that the forward is considering retiring from international football after being used as a political symbol while the squad were based in Chechnya.

The Associated Press reported that Salah was angry about a team banquet hosted by the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who used the dinner to grant Salah “honorary citizenship”. The reports were based on a conversation with two people close to the player, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

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