Salah confirms he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season
Mohamed Salah confirmed on Tuesday evening that he will walk away from Liverpool at the end of the season, drawing a line under one of the most productive careers in the club's 134-year history.
"Unfortunately the day has come," Salah said in a video posted to his social media accounts. "This is the first part of my farewell. I will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season."
Liverpool released a statement shortly after, confirming the Egyptian had "reached an agreement" to depart on a free transfer despite having 12 months remaining on the two-year extension he signed in April 2025. That deal, worth a reported £400,000 a week, would have kept him at Anfield until 2027.
A record that speaks for itself
Since arriving from Roma for around £36.5 million in the summer of 2017, Salah has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances across all competitions. Only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt sit above him in Liverpool's all-time scoring charts. He won the Champions League in 2019, the Premier League in 2020 and a second league title in 2025.
His first season set the tone. Salah hit 44 goals in all competitions in 2017-18, breaking the Premier League single-season record with 32 in the league alone. He collected the first of his four Golden Boot awards that year and dragged Liverpool to the Champions League final, where they lost to Real Madrid in Kyiv.
The following season ended differently. Liverpool beat Barcelona 4-0 in a stunning semi-final comeback — with Georginio Wijnaldum scoring twice and Divock Origi adding two more — before lifting the trophy in Madrid.
A difficult final chapter
This season has not gone to plan for either Salah or Liverpool. The club sit fifth in the Premier League with 10 league defeats from 31 games, well off the pace set by leaders Arsenal. Salah's own numbers have dipped too, with 10 goals and nine assists in 34 appearances across all competitions.
A public falling-out with manager Arne Slot in December added another layer of tension. Salah accused Slot of throwing him "under the bus" after being dropped for three consecutive matches, including a 3-3 draw with Leeds. Slot responded by leaving him out of a Champions League game against Inter Milan. The pair appeared to patch things up in January, but the damage was done.
Salah, who turns 34 in June, has not said where he will play next season. His agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, confirmed that no deal is in place, saying: "We do not know where Mohamed will play next season. This also means that no one else knows."
What comes next for Liverpool
Liverpool now face a summer of rebuilding. Losing their top scorer on a free transfer while sitting outside the top four leaves Slot under mounting pressure to overhaul a squad that won the league just 10 months ago.
For Salah, the numbers alone guarantee his place among the greatest players to wear a Liverpool shirt. Whether the ending feels right is a different question entirely.
