Football Association agrees to remove Salah ads after image rights dispute

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has finally agreed to remove Mohamed Salah’s unauthorized ad for state-owned mobile network WE, FA President Hany Abu Rida announced, according to Youm7. “Salah’s image will be removed from the national team’s private plane and we will do the same regarding his image in TV ads and street banners. All his pictures will be removed within a week,” he said. The dispute almost cost the Liverpool top-scorer EGP 100 mn in penalties to his sponsor Vodafone, as his image was put next to a different phone sponsor.