Podcast AI Pro Newsround: Is Salah An EFA Pawn?

On the latest episode of Newsround, Trev Downey is joined by Egyptian former television journalist, Kareem Farid, to discuss the massively controversial situation around Mohamed Salah and the EFA. It’s a tale involving the political opportunism of the morally dubious autocrat of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov; the Machiavellian manipulation of Salah by his own FA, and the ever-deepening tensions between the Reds’ superstar and the heavily politicised organisation running his national team. In a climate that has seen some very critical commentary aimed at Salah, this show attempts to present a fuller picture of a very unfortunate situation and asks what, if anything, can be done to remedy it? Get all of this and more on the latest AI Pro Newsround podcast. On the latest episode of Newsround, Trev Downey is joined by Egyptian former television journalist, Kareem Farid, to discuss the massively controversial situation around Mohamed Salah and the EFA. It’s a tale involving the political opportunism of the morally dubious autocrat of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov; the Machiavellian manipulation of Salah by his own FA, and the ever-deepening tensions between the Reds’ superstar and the heavily politicised organisation running his national team. In a climate that has seen some very critical commentary aimed at Salah, this show attempts to present a fuller picture of a very unfortunate situation and asks what, if anything, can be done to remedy it? Get all of this and more on the latest AI Pro Newsround podcast.