Mohamed Salah’s name will be spoken at Anfield long after he has played his final game there. This week, the Egyptian forward confirmed that those final games are now being counted down, announcing via social media that the current season will be his last at the club. The 33-year-old will leave Liverpool on a free transfer this summer by mutual agreement, with one year of a £500,000-per-week contract still remaining. His departure marks the end of one of the Premier League’s most spectacular individual careers.
In nine seasons, Salah scored 255 goals in 435 appearances — the third-highest total in Liverpool’s 134 years of history. He claimed four Premier League Golden Boot awards and received the PFA Player of the Year recognition on three occasions. He was instrumental in delivering the Champions League in 2019 — the club’s sixth European title — and was a key figure in both of the club’s recent league championship wins. When Liverpool rejected a £150 million Saudi bid in 2023, it reflected how central Salah was to everything the club was trying to achieve.
The farewell he offered supporters was personal and heartfelt. In his video message, Salah spoke of Liverpool as having become embedded in his identity — not as an employer but as a home in the truest sense. He thanked the fans for their unwavering support, acknowledged the emotion of leaving somewhere that had given him so much, and closed with a reference to the club’s anthem that carried enormous weight. The response from supporters around the world was one of sadness, gratitude, and pride.
This season has had its complications. The public fallout with Arne Slot in December — in which Salah challenged the quality of their communication and suggested the club had handled a difficult period poorly — was one of the season’s major talking points. He was excluded from a Champions League squad and there were genuine doubts about the durability of the relationship. He returned and delivered, including the Champions League goal against Galatasaray that gave him his 50th in the competition — a milestone previously unachieved by any African player.
The formal send-off will come later, the club confirmed, after the competitive season has concluded. His agent has refused to identify a future destination, and the global transfer market is watching closely. Robertson’s Instagram tribute, warmly personal and clearly genuine, gave a sense of what the loss of Salah will mean inside the dressing room. As the curtain slowly falls on his Liverpool career, the club and its supporters prepare to say farewell to one of the greatest to have worn the famous red shirt.
