Mohamed Salah, considered one of Liverpool’s greatest-ever gamers and the driving drive behind the membership’s fashionable period of success, will depart 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.
“Sadly the day has come. That is the primary a part of my farewell,” Salah mentioned. “I might be leaving Liverpool on the finish of the season.
“I by no means imagined how deeply this membership, this metropolis, these folks, would turn out to be a part of my life,” the 33-year-old added.
“Liverpool is not only a soccer membership, it is a ardour, it is a historical past, it is a spirit. I can not clarify in phrases to anybody not a part of this membership. We celebrated victory, we received crucial trophies, and we fought collectively via the toughest time in our life.”
Signed from AS Roma in 2017, Salah established himself as the most effective 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 Group 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 received the Premier League Golden Boot on 4 events.
“Salah expressed his want to make this announcement to the supporters on the earliest doable alternative to supply transparency about his future as a consequence of 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 extensively considered 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 file for many objective involvements in a single season whereas setting the file for a 38-game marketing campaign.
He was named Premier League Participant of the Season and received the Golden Boot and Playmaker Award, turning into the primary participant to win all three in a single marketing campaign.
However this season has been markedly totally different. He has struggled for type 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‑subject struggles have been later compounded by a public flare‑up with Liverpool boss Arne Slot.
In early December, after being not noted for the third straight match, Salah accused the membership of “throwing me beneath the bus” and steered 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 turn out to be throughout a season by which Salah, lengthy a defining presence at Anfield, discovered himself out of favour.
A current enchancment in type 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, largely depictions of Salah’s signature objective celebrations, which have colored the streets round Anfield.
“Leaving isn’t straightforward,” Salah mentioned. “You gave me the perfect time of my life, I might be all the time considered one of you. This membership will all the time be my dwelling to me and to my household. Thanks for all the things. Due to all of you, I’ll by no means stroll alone.”
