Mohamed Salah’s agent may be football’s most elusive spokesperson right now. When asked this week about where his client would be playing after confirming his Liverpool departure, Ramy Abbas Issa had a simple answer: he does not know. And, he added, neither does anyone else. Salah himself confirmed his exit in a personal video posted on social media — a mutual agreement with Liverpool to leave on a free transfer this summer, despite a year remaining on his £500,000-per-week deal.
What Salah leaves behind at Liverpool is a career of genuinely historic proportions. In nine seasons, he scored 255 goals in 435 appearances, making him the third-highest scorer in the club’s 134-year history. He won four Premier League Golden Boots and three PFA Player of the Year awards. He contributed to Champions League glory in 2019, two league title wins, and a collection of domestic cup trophies. Liverpool rejected a £150 million offer for him just two years ago, a decision that speaks to how highly the club valued him.
His farewell to the club was delivered in his own voice and with great personal warmth. Salah described Liverpool as something that had entered his life and changed it deeply — a passion, a history, a spirit that he had not anticipated finding when he first arrived from Roma in 2017. He thanked teammates and supporters with evident sincerity, and he closed his message with words borrowed from the club’s famous anthem — a quiet, powerful gesture of permanent loyalty.
The season has contained significant turbulence. Salah’s public comments in December — in which he challenged his relationship with head coach Arne Slot and accused the club of making him a scapegoat — were widely reported and debated. He was dropped for a Champions League fixture before being reinstated, and his subsequent performances included the Champions League goal against Galatasaray that made him the first African player to score 50 goals in the competition — a milestone that speaks for itself.
The summer transfer market will be shaped to a great degree by where Salah chooses to go next. Saudi Pro League clubs, which bid £150 million for him in 2023, are now in a position to acquire him without a fee. European heavyweights will also be in the conversation. Whatever happens, Liverpool will celebrate his legacy formally before the end of the season. And Salah — whose competitive instincts remain as sharp as ever — will ensure that his final Anfield performance is one that does justice to everything the club and its fans have given him.
