The bad news for Egypt's rival at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, as Salah looks to add to another history of success, is the same stinging motivation remains. READ: Gambia surprises highly-rated Morocco in Africa Cup warm-upStill feeling the effects of his shoulder injury, Salah was a shadow of the attacker that ransacked the best defences in Europe at the World Cup in Russia last year. "Egypt are one of the favourites but I would go for Nigeria," he told Omnisport. "I saw Nigeria in the World Cup, a very young team with a lot of quality and a young squad. "We will see them progress and they are one of the favourites together with Egypt, Cameroon and Senegal."

Source: The North Africa Journal June 19, 2019 09:41 UTC