'True legend' - Salah to leave Liverpool and become free agent
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Mohamed Salah has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, thanking the club for for "the best time of my life". Liverpool's statement read: "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."The Egyptian, one of Liverpool's greatest-ever players, will have his Anfield farewell against Brentford on May 24 on the final day of the Premier League season.
Salah's agent has said he does not know where his client will be playing next season although there are multiple Saudi Arabian clubs that want to sign the Egyptian this summer.The Liverpool forward has long been a target for clubs in Saudi Arabia and that appeared to be Salah's most likely destination when he delivered a bombshell interview after being dropped at Leeds earlier this season.It was less than three years ago that Liverpool rejected a £150m offer from Saudi club Al Ittihad for Salah. But of course the landscape is different now."For a long period of time a year or so ago it looked like he would be leaving Liverpool and Liverpool were not particularly keen on offering him a new contract but then he had this incredible season, scored 28/29 goals and Liverpool won the title."I think Liverpool were backed into a corner where they felt they had to give him a new contract."Robertson hails 'the greatest' Liverpool player Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Mohamed Salah is set to leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025/26 season, watch back some of his defining Premier League moments "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."Signed from AS Roma in the summer of 2017, the No 11 has firmly established himself as one of the greatest players in Liverpool's history, helping the club to two Premier League titles, the Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup and two League Cups, as well as an FA Community Shield."His 255 goals in 435 appearances to date has the Egyptian sitting third on the Reds' all-time leading goalscorers chart, winning the Premier League Golden Boot on four occasions in addition to a host of personal accolades."With plenty still left to play for this season, Salah is firmly focused on trying to achieve the best possible finish to the campaign for Liverpool and, therefore, the time to fully celebrate his legacy and achievements will follow later in the year when he bids farewell to Anfield." Salah's farewell statement in fullIn a video published on social media, Salah said:"Unfortunately the day has come. Thank you for everything."Because of all of you, I will never walk alone."Your views: 'Salah will be a huge miss'JG: He hasn't been the same player from last season.