Mohamed Salah is almost certain to feature in Egypt’s World Cup opener against Uruguay on Friday, coach Hector Cuper said.

Salah suffered a shoulder injury in Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final last month but appears to have recovered in time to play a full part in Russia.

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The forward has been in sparkling form for Liverpool scoring 44 goals in 51 games across all competitions and is Egypt’s star man heading into the tournament.

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After much fears and doubts over the Liverpool man’s fitness, Egypt boss Cuper revealed the good news when speaking to reporters on the eve of the Group A clash, where he said: ‘Salah is doing very well indeed, he’s recovered very quickly.

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‘We’ll see how it goes today [Thursday]. I can almost assure you 100% he’ll play unless something dramatic happens today or tomorrow.’

Egypt take on Uruguay in their opening World Cup game on Friday afternoon, with kickoff scheduled for 2pm.