Liverpool Football Club have announced that Mohamed Salah will leave the club at the end of the 2025/26 season.
The long-standing question over Mohamed Salah’s future has finally been answered. But for Liverpool supporters, it isn’t the answer they were hoping for and it came directly from the man himself.
In a move that has sent shockwaves through Merseyside and beyond, the Egyptian forward has confirmed he will leave the club at the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign.
Despite having a contract that was restructured last April to run until 2027, Salah and the club have reached an agreement to part ways a year early, bringing a curtain down on a nine-year stint that has seen him elevated to the pantheon of the club’s greatest-ever figures.
The 33-year-old chose Tuesday evening just after 6:30 PM to break the news via an emotional video on his social media channels. It was a raw, heartfelt address from a player who has rarely hidden his emotions during a record-breaking stay on Merseyside.
“Hello everyone. Unfortunately the day has come,” Salah said. “I wanted to start by saying that I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, these people, would become part of my life.
“Liverpool is not just a football club, it’s a passion, it’s a history, it’s a spirit. I can’t explain in words to anyone not part of this club. We celebrated victory. We won the most important trophies and we fought together through the hardest time in our life.”
A legacy beyond dispute
While this season has been a testing one for both player and club punctuated by a fallout in November where Salah claimed he’d been “thrown under the bus” before later apologising his overall impact is bulletproof.
Since arriving from Roma in 2017 for what now looks like the bargain of the century, the No.11 has been the spearhead of the most successful Liverpool era of the modern age.
His goalscoring returns defy logic. Sitting third on the Reds’ all-time leading scorers list, Salah has averaged a goal nearly every 1.7 games across almost a decade of elite-level football.
Liverpool were quick to follow Salah’s video with a statement of their own, confirming that the “Egyptian King” would indeed be bringing his “illustrious career” at Anfield to a close this summer.
Competition
Titles
Premier League
2 (2019-20, 2024-25)
Champions League
1 (2018-19)
FA Cup
1
League Cup
2
FIFA Club World Cup
1
UEFA Super Cup
1
The club noted:
“Mohamed Salah is to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career with Liverpool FC at the end of the 2025-26 season. The forward has reached an agreement with the Reds that will see him close a remarkable nine-year chapter at Anfield.
“Salah expressed his wish to make this announcement to the supporters at the earliest possible opportunity to provide transparency about his future due to his respect and gratitude for them.”
Mohamed Salah is to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career with Liverpool Football Club at the end of the 2025-26 season.
The time to fully celebrate his legacy and achievements will follow later in the year when he bids farewell to Anfield ❤️
The departure leaves a massive void for whoever leads the line next season. Salah, however, was keen to ensure the fans knew the depth of his connection to the Kop before he walks away for the final time.
“I want to thank everyone who was part of this club throughout my time here, especially the team-mates past and present,” Salah added.
“And to the fans, I don’t have enough words. The support you showed me through the best time of my career and you stood by me in the toughest time. It’s something I will never forget and something I will take with me always. Leaving is never easy. You gave me the best time of my life. I will be always one of you. This club will always be my home to me and my family. Thank you for everything. Because of all of you, I will never walk alone.”
The 2025-26 season has added a cinematic layer of “now or never” to the club’s campaign and despite a testing run of domestic form, the Champions League remains the stage where Salah feels most at home.
Just last week, the No.11 reminded the world of his enduring class, netting his 50th Champions League goal in a 4-0 demolition of Galatasaray.
It was a landmark moment making him the first African player to reach a half-century in the competition and it secured Liverpool’s passage into a mouth-watering quarter-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain.
Salah’s European record for Liverpool is nothing short of extraordinary. Out of his 50 career Champions League goals, 47 have come in the famous red shirt.
The “Egyptian King” has given the fans his notice. Now, he’ll look to give them one last trophy for the road.
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