Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of this season, and in doing so, will bring an end to a period in the club’s history that delivered extraordinary success on multiple fronts. The Egyptian international confirmed his departure in a personal video posted to social media, having reached an agreement with the club to leave on a free transfer this summer. His contract, worth roughly £500,000 per week, still had 12 months to run.
The scale of what Salah has achieved at Liverpool since arriving from Roma in 2017 is genuinely difficult to contextualise in the space of a few sentences. He is the club’s third-highest scorer with 255 goals in 435 appearances, behind only two legends of a previous era — Ian Rush and Roger Hunt. He has won four Premier League Golden Boot awards, three PFA Player of the Year trophies, and helped the club claim every major domestic and European honour available to it.
In his farewell video, Salah was candid and visibly emotional. He said he could never have imagined the depth of his bond with Liverpool when he first arrived, describing the city, the supporters, and the spirit of the club as things that had fundamentally altered him as a person. His closing words directly referenced the club’s famous anthem, a deliberate gesture that resonated powerfully with supporters who have sung it with him in mind for nearly a decade.
This final season has carried more turbulence than previous campaigns. His very public dispute with Arne Slot in December — in which he openly questioned the quality of their working relationship — put his future in serious doubt. Being dropped for a Champions League trip to Inter Milan only heightened speculation. Yet he returned, revived his form, and underlined his still-elite quality with a Champions League goal against Galatasaray that made him the first African to score 50 times in the competition.
The club noted that Salah made the decision to inform supporters early out of personal respect for them, and praised his openness throughout the process. His agent has confirmed that no next destination is yet known, which has triggered intense speculation across football’s global transfer market. Salah remains one of the most bankable and recognisable athletes in the world, and the queue to sign him is likely to be long. For Liverpool, the work of finding a worthy successor begins now.
