Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring Liverpool’s fourth objective towards Galatasaray throughout their UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16 conflict at Anfield, Liverpool, England, on March 18, 2026. — Reuters
Mohamed Salah, one among Liverpool’s greatest-ever gamers and the driving pressure behind the membership’s fashionable period of success, will go away Anfield on the finish of the season.
The Egyptian ahead, whose targets, sturdiness, and iconic moments helped ship two Premier Leagues, the Champions League, and a bunch of different main trophies, confirmed his departure in an emotional video on his social media accounts on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately the day has come. This is the first part of my farewell,” Salah mentioned. “I will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
“I by no means imagined how deeply this membership, this metropolis, these folks, would develop into a part of my life,” the 33-year-old added.
“Liverpool isn’t just a soccer membership, it is a ardour, it is a historical past, it is a spirit. I am unable to clarify in phrases to anybody not a part of this membership. We celebrated victory, we gained an important trophies, and we fought collectively by means of the toughest time in our life.”
Signed from AS Roma in 2017, Salah established himself as among the finest gamers within the membership’s historical past, serving to Liverpool to 2 Premier League titles, the Champions League, FIFA Membership World Cup, UEFA Tremendous Cup, FA Cup and two League Cups, in addition to a Neighborhood Protect.
Third-highest goalscorer
He has scored 255 targets in 435 appearances, making him the membership’s all-time third-highest goalscorer, simply behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt, whereas he has gained the Premier League Golden Boot on 4 events.
“Salah expressed his wish to make this announcement to the supporters at the earliest possible opportunity to provide transparency about his future due to his respect and gratitude for them,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.
Salah got here into this season on the again of a 2024/25 marketing campaign that was broadly thought to be one of many best particular person seasons in league historical past.
He scored 29 Premier League targets and made 18 assists in 38 matches, equalling the league document for many objective involvements in a single season whereas setting the document for a 38-game marketing campaign.
He was named Premier League Participant of the Season and gained the Golden Boot and Playmaker Award, changing into the primary participant to win all three in a single marketing campaign.
However this season has been markedly completely different. He has struggled for kind from the outset and endured prolonged stretches of video games with out scoring.
Benched for key matches
His stoop noticed him benched for a number of key matches, together with Champions League fixtures, as his confidence and affect waned.
The on‑area struggles had been later compounded by a public flare‑up with Liverpool boss Arne Slot.
In early December, after being unnoticed for the third straight match, Salah accused the membership of “throwing me under the bus” and recommended that his relationship with Slot had damaged down. He was linked to a possible big-money transfer to Saudi Arabia.
Slot later tried to downplay the rift, however the episode underscored simply how strained issues had develop into throughout a season by which Salah, lengthy a defining presence at Anfield, discovered himself out of favour.
A latest enchancment in kind noticed him rating a jaw-dropping objective in Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Galatasaray final week of their Champions League last-16 tie, Salah’s fiftieth in Europe’s elite membership competitors.
Salah, the “Egyptian King”, is beloved by followers, whose affection is mirrored vividly within the many murals, principally depictions of Salah’s signature objective celebrations, which have colored the streets round Anfield.
“Leaving is never easy,” Salah mentioned. “You gave me the best time of my life, I will be always one of you. This club will always be my home to me and to my family. Thank you for everything. Because of all of you, I will never walk alone.”
