Hassan added, in a press conference to present him to the media: “Training the Egyptian national team is an honor beyond honor, and the Egyptian public’s happiness with my training of the national team makes me very proud, especially since I had hoped to train them.”

Hassan, who succeeded Portuguese Rui Vitoria who was dismissed from his position following the exit from the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire, continued: “Being a national coach has a very great meaning. To work with a national national system and a national apparatus at the highest level of love for people, and there is a religion.” "It is our duty to make the Egyptian people happy."

Hassan stressed that “Salah is a very honorable model, and it is nice for him to be part of the success system, as long as he is still able to give,” pointing out that “the Egyptian national team is not only Salah, but all the players. All players are important to the national team, not just Salah, and we do not want to differentiate between... "Players."

He added, "Everyone who helps the system succeed, not just Salah. There is Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Mohamed Hani and others. Everyone is important, and the most important thing is that whoever wears the national team's shirt must make the utmost effort, not for our sake, but for the sake of the fans who have a right over us."

He called for the need for support from all elements of the game in order to achieve achievements with the Pharaohs.

Federation President Gamal Allam affirmed his confidence that “Hossam will achieve all of our goals and achieve qualification for the 2025 African Nations and the 2026 World Cup.”

For his part, the director of the new national team, his twin brother Ibrahim, said, “The next stage requires a great effort from the players,” stressing that the talk about Salah and his relationship with the new technical staff of the national team has been discussed a lot in the recent period.

He continued: “Wait for a distinguished version of Mohamed Salah under the leadership of Hossam Hassan.”

Hassan, the controversial coach, had criticized Salah, the second all-time top scorer for his country (55), following his decision to leave the national team and return to England after the group stage, to complete his treatment for a strain in the posterior muscle during the match against Ghana (2-2) in the second round.

He said: “If I were the coach of the national team, Salah would not return, even if I were to play in the final, and we would lose it in his absence.”