CAIRO, April 30, 2018 - An image rights storm that has seen Liverpool star Mohamed Salah lash out at Egyptian Football Association (EFA) is on the way to being settled, the Liverpool playmaker has said. "We were promised a solution and God willing the issue is on its way to being resolved," the midfield maestro tweeted late Sunday, while thanking his fans for their support. "It was an unusual response from you, and your involvement pleased me," Salah wrote on his Twitter account. 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 Vodafone. An initial hint of major discord came on April 20, when Salah's representative Ramy Abbas Issa tweeted "we are having a very serious issue with the Egyptian Football Association". The 25-year-old Salah had signalled his growing frustration earlier on Sunday by tweeting "unfortunately the way it is being dealt with is very insulting. I was hoping the interaction would be classier than this." But on Sunday, Egypt's Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abd Elaziz announced that "an agreement has been reached" with the football association "to carry out all the requests" by Salah. "I affirm that we will all stand beside him to implement all the contracts he signed in England, so that he does not face any problems," the minister said on his Twitter account. The player has scored 43 goals so far this season, including a stunning brace in Liverpool's 5-2 UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg demolition of Roma earlier this month.
