Egyptian footballer and Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah published a tweet in which he criticized racism in general and in the world of football in particular, commenting on a picture he had with Senegalese player Kalidou Koulibaly. “There is no place for racism in football, there is no place for racism anywhere at all,” Salah said in the tweet at a time of growing controversy over Liverpool’s intention to contract with an Israeli player named Moanes Dabour. pic.twitter.com/d2YwWSbXJe — Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) December 27, 2018Activists on social media raised the controversy questioning Salah’s response to such a move, CNN website reported. “Liverpool club, for which our son Mohamed Salah is playing, mulls using an Israeli player named Dabour who plays in Austria. “We regret seeing people who are encouraging Mohamed Salah to leave Liverpool in case Israeli player Moanes Dabour joins the team,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s “Israel in Arabic” Twitter account said in a previous tweet.

Source: Egypt Independent December 28, 2018 15:11 UTC