Salah to Leave Liverpool at End of Season After Nine Years

Mohamed Salah has confirmed he will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025–26 season, drawing a close on a nine-year spell that fundamentally reshaped the club’s modern identity. The 33-year-old forward announced the decision in a farewell message, describing it as “the first part” of his goodbye to Anfield.

Since arriving from AS Roma in the summer of 2017, Salah has become inseparable from Liverpool’s renaissance under Jürgen Klopp. His impact was immediate and overwhelming: in his debut campaign, he shattered the Premier League’s single-season scoring record in the 38-game format and set the tone for what would become one of the most sustained attacking runs English football has ever seen.

Over the course of his time on Merseyside, Salah amassed more than 250 goals in over 400 appearances, placing him firmly among the club’s all-time leading scorers. He was central to ending Liverpool’s 30-year wait for a league title, and his fingerprints are across a trophy cabinet that also includes a UEFA Champions League, an FA Cup, a League Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Yet beyond the silverware, it was Salah’s instinct for the decisive moment that truly set him apart. From his composed finish in the 2019 Champions League final to crucial strikes across title races and high-stakes fixtures, he became the player Liverpool turned to when the stakes were highest. Week in, week out, season after season, he delivered at an elite level, rarely faltering even as the weight of expectation grew heavier around him.

Individually, his record stands as remarkable. A multiple Golden Boot winner, he also became the first African player to score 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League. His durability alone placed him in rare company; his consistency across nearly a decade placed him beyond it.

Off the pitch, his influence stretched further still. Known across the Arab world as ‘The Egyptian King’, Salah’s presence at Liverpool resonated far beyond the stands of Anfield. A Stanford-led study found that in the wake of his 2017 arrival, hate crimes in the Liverpool area fell by approximately 16 to 19 per cent, whilst anti-Muslim posts from Liverpool supporters on social media dropped by roughly half. For a footballer to move the needle on something so significant speaks to a cultural footprint that no number of trophies can fully quantify.

Liverpool, in their official statement, described Salah’s time at the club as ‘illustrious’ and confirmed plans to mark his legacy later in the year. His departure, widely expected to be on a free transfer, signals the end of a cycle that defined the most successful period of the club’s modern era.

What comes next remains unresolved. Reports have linked Salah with the Saudi Pro League, MLS, and a move to another European club, but nothing has been confirmed. His agent, Ramy Abbas, was characteristically direct on the matter, writing on X: ‘We do not know where Mohamed will play next season. This also means that no one else knows.’