Liverpool's superstar forward Mohammed Salah could not perform the Eid prayers this morning in his home village in Egypt.
An unprecedented Salah-mania gripped the region as large numbers of reports and people gathered in front of his house in North Al-Gharbiya Governorate.
The superstar footballer who became an idol in his home country took to his twitter handle this morning to criticize the local media and people for “laying siege to his family” in the village.
“I was not able to get out to perform the Eid prayers at the Mosque. What’s happening is not love. This is lack of professionalism and respect of privacy”, he said.
According to Sky News Arabia, large crowds of people from his home village Nagrig gathered in front of his house which made it difficult to go out and forced his wife to pray with villagers.
Mo Salah arrived Tuesday early morning to his birthplace Nagrig, in Gharbia Governorate, where he joined his wife Magi and daughter Mecca, who arrived one day before him.
He made history last Saturday, winning the 2019 UEFA Champions League – the first ever in his career and the sixth for the Reds – after beating Tottenham Hotspur.
Local Egyptian media said that the police had cordoned off the area and closed the road leading to Mo’s house for fear more people will arrive.