Mo Salah has his critics on top of their game claiming he will flop with his Egypt in this tournament.

Mo Salah plays his football with English side Liverpool and in his spell with the club, he has won the Premier League tile and the Champions League.

It is an amazing feet that many argue he needs to translate the club form to help his country Egypt lift this year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Mo Salah finds himself playing with a group of players who unlike him are not at the peak of their game. He is playing with a group of players who are not being considered for the club’s starting roles in Europe.

The current Egypt side would probably have only Mo Salah getting into the legendary triple winning side of 2006, 2008, and 2010.

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The frightening Egypt sides under Hassan Shehata during the triple-winning years were; Essam El Hadary, Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Zidan, Ahmed Elmohamady, Amr Zaki, Muḥammad Abū Tarīka, Wael Gomaa and Hossam Hassan.

This was aside that majorly played their club football at home with the likes of Al Ahly, Zamalek and El Masry. Under the cunning eyes of their legendary coach Shehata, Egypt did not only win trophies but entertained with an amazing brand of football.

Mo Salah finds himself isolated and has to find a way with the current squad under the stewardship of Portuguese Carlos Queiroz to take the team to the highest possible position.

Egypt have two players playing in England who probably together with the Liverpool goal machine could form the base for the team to stake a claim.

But Mohammad Elneny who plays for Arsenal and Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan commonly known as Trézéguet do not command starting roles in their clubs.

Trezeguet is Egypt’s most important player after Mo Salah and the team’s creative spark. With the little time he has had playing with Aston Villa, he spirit has not been the same.

The Aston Villa playmaker struggle against Nigeria and did not see the game to the very end.

Egypt in their opening game struggled to control the game against Nigeria and only got themselves back in the game when right attacking Zamalek winger Zico was introduced.

Their second game saw Mo Salah score the only goal thanks to the contribution of El Solia to secure their tournament with three points against Guinea Bissau.

Mo Salah and his group have their final group game against Sudan and should find themselves in the next phase of the competition.

However, it is from there that the Liverpool man will have to rally his team collectively to raise their hopes of pushing all the way to the final day.