Will Mohammed Salah continue Ramadan fast during Champions League final? Here's the answer

The question of whether devout Liverpool's Mohamed Salah will observe or not observe the Ramadan fast in the build-up to the Champions League final encounter with Real Madrid in Kiev has attracted a lot of interest.

The final comes amid the holy Muslim month of Ramadan during which the faithful are required to abstain from eating and drinking during the daylight hours.

Liverpool’s physiotherapist Ruben Pons told Spanish radio station Onda Cero that Egypt forward Salah had been observing Ramadan during the team’s recent training camp in Marbella but had chosen to interrupt his fasting three days before the final.

“We were in Marbella and the nutritionist established a work plan,” he has told Spanish radio station Cadena SER, according to The Independent. “Tomorrow and the day of the match he won’t, so it’s not going to affect him.”

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said Salah will be at peak fitness for Saturday’s Champions League final regardless of whether or not he is observing the fasting rules of Ramadan.

"As I understand it religion is a private matter so I have nothing to say about that but all is fine, you will see him in training, he is full of power, you need to be a day before the final," Klopp told a news conference.

Earlier, Shawki Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, has given permission to Salah and his international team-mates in the Egyptian squad to postpone their fasting in the days building up to the World Cup.

Salah, who scored 44 goals across all competitions in his debut season at Anfield, will lead Liverpool in the final as thet try to end Real Madrid's two-year reign in the Champions League.