Mohamed Salah is likely to be flying to Italy this Thursday to attend the funeral of Italian defender Davide Astori who passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning after suffering a heart-attack.

Astori had suffered a sudden death before Fiorentina’s game against Udinese last Sunday in Serie A, early in the morning before heading to breakfast. The autopsy verdict proved that a cardiac arrest is what caused the passing of the Fiorentina captain.

According to Florence-based newspaper La Nazione, the Egyptian winger, who spent two and half seasons in Italy in spells with Fiorentina and AS Roma, made a special request to Liverpool officials to be given permission to travel to Italy and attend Astori’s funeral on Thursday.

Although Salah and Astori represented similar teams in Calcio, they never played together for either Fiorentina or Roma. However they did face each other on few occasions.