On his home turf in Egypt, everyone wants piece of Liverpool’s Salah

An image rights controversy over the past few days has seen Salah lash out at Egyptian football authorities, causing a uproar on Twitter among his 5.36 million followers.

The dispute has centred on an advertising campaign by the national team’s main sponsor, Telecom Egypt’s mobile arm WE, which has relied heavily on photos of Salah, who has his own contract with global telecom giant Vodafone.

On Sunday, Salah signalled his growing frustration by tweeting “unfortunately the way it is being dealt with is very insulting. I was hoping the interaction would be classier than this.”

But a few hours later, after the issue trended on Twitter, he announced it was being resolved, while thanking his fans for their “unreal” support.

نجاح محمد صلاح مع ليفربول أصبح جزءًا من نجاح أي مصري، حتى في حفل التخرج ?

حفل تخرج كلية الهندسة لجامعة بورسعيد بـtheme محمد صلاح .. تيشيرت ليفربول والشعر المجعد المميز لمومو واسمه مكتوبًا على أرض الجامعة “صلاح” ?@22mosalah pic.twitter.com/skkqm5XDWI

— FilGoal (@FilGoal) April 19, 2018