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title: "Mohamed Salah expected to miss Leicester clash even if he tests negative"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/mohamed-salah-expected-to-miss-leicester-clash-even-if-he-tests-negative/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2020-11-17T10:57:38Z"
modified: "2020-11-17T10:57:39Z"
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# Mohamed Salah expected to miss Leicester clash even if he tests negative

[Mohamed Salah](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/11/16/salah-could-still-be-available-for-liverpools-clash-with-leicester/) will miss Liverpool’s clash with Leicester City even if he tests negative for the virus currently impacting on the world, according to the *[Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/)* \[via the *[Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1360848/Mohamed-Salah-Liverpool-Leicester)*\].

The 28-year-old [tested positive](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/11/13/salah-tests-positive-for-virus-as-liverpool-suffer-another-potential-blow/) while on international duty with Egypt, throwing his involvement in Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Leicester into doubt.

Although [some reports](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/11/16/salah-could-still-be-available-for-liverpools-clash-with-leicester/) claimed a negative test this week would make Salah available for selection, there appears to have been a twist in the saga.

This latest update states that Premier League protocols mean he won’t be able to play against the Foxes, even if a negative test emerges on Thursday.

### Read Liverpool Verdict

Salah is Liverpool’s most devastating attacking player, certainly in terms of numbers – he has [104 goals and 39 assists](https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1317) in 165 appearances – so his likely absence is a huge blow.

Leicester are top of the table currently and brimming with confidence, while the Reds are already without the likes of [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/11/09/alexander-arnold-ruled-out-for-four-weeks-with-calf-injury/), [Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez.](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joe-gomez-virgil-van-dijk-19270845)

Salah being out means in-form Diogo Jota could play in a front-three with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, potentially taking up his teammate’s right-sided berth.

There is the option of Jurgen Klopp sticking with his 4-2-3-1 formation, however, which could even mean a start for Xherdan Shaqiri, with the Swiss either playing out wide or in a No.10 role.