Mohamed Salah has parted ways with Liverpool by confirming his departure at the end of this season, bringing to a close what many regard as football’s greatest modern partnership between a player and a club. The Egyptian forward delivered his farewell through an emotional video on social media, describing nine years at Liverpool as the best time of his life and expressing his undying love for the city and its people. His free transfer exit this summer is the end of a partnership that delivered some of the most brilliant football the modern game has produced.
The partnership between Salah and Liverpool began in the summer of 2017, when the club signed him from Roma for £34 million. From the very first season, the combination of Salah’s extraordinary talent and Liverpool’s ambitious environment produced magic, with 32 Premier League goals in his debut campaign setting the tone for all that followed. Over nine years, the partnership yielded 255 goals in 435 appearances and a place on Liverpool’s all-time scoring list behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.
His weekly earnings of approximately £500,000 made the free transfer arrangement the most practical financial resolution. His agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, has confirmed that no next club has been chosen, ensuring that the story of what comes after Liverpool will be one of the football world’s most closely followed developments of the summer. Saudi Arabia and major European clubs are all expected to be involved in the race for his signature.
The partnership’s greatest achievements include two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup, and two League Cups. Even in a season where the partnership was tested by a very public dispute between Salah and manager Arne Slot, his 50th Champions League goal against Galatasaray last week delivered a reminder of what Salah and Liverpool at their best have always looked like: brilliant, historic, and utterly unmissable. His goal confirmed him as the first African player in history to reach that landmark in the competition.
Liverpool have pledged a full Anfield farewell to honor the player who made this partnership so special. Andy Robertson’s tribute, calling Salah the greatest Liverpool player and praising the depth of their personal bond, captured the spirit of a partnership that went far beyond football. For the millions who followed every chapter of the Salah and Liverpool story, the farewell is bittersweet, but the memories of what this partnership created will endure as long as the sport itself.