5 things you didn’t know about Mohamed Salah?

#2 Military man

Salah in military uniform (via Twitter)

There are some countries in the world where one has to fulfil an obligation of serving the military – and Egypt is one of those countries. However, one could be exempt from the program should he opt to choose education instead – and Salah was on the latter list as he had to play football.

But at one point, his career at Chelsea was in jeopardy after it was revealed that he was not a part of the education program that allowed him to live and play in the United Kingdom. The news came as a shock for Salah, who actually had a taste of the military program in his younger days.

However, the country’s national team director, Ahmed Hassan, intervened and got the issue fixed, helping Salah to once again be enlisted in the education program and relieving him of his military obligations.

And we can’t thank Ahmed Hassan enough for that!