liverpool star mohamed salah One of the club’s all-time leading goalscorers and one of the biggest names in football has left the club earlier than expected, announcing on Tuesday that he will be leaving the English club at the end of the season.
The 33-year-old Egyptian forward, who played 435 games and scored 255 goals for Liverpool, “reached an agreement” to leave the club a year ago. his contract It was due to expire, the Premier League champions said.
Salah’s form has declined in his ninth season at Anfield, to the point where he missed consecutive games at the end of last year. As a result, the winger told reporters in an impromptu interview: The club “threw me under the bus.”
“Unfortunately that day has come,” Salah said in an Instagram post published around the same time as Liverpool released a six-paragraph statement announcing the club’s great player’s impending departure.
“The first thing I wanted to say is that I never imagined that this club, this city, these people would be part of my life. Liverpool is more than just a football club. It’s a passion, it’s a history, it’s a spirit. You can’t explain it in words to anyone who isn’t part of this club.”
Liverpool say Salah is one of their greatest players
It’s a bit of a bitter departure for Salah, who rose to fame as a superstar in Liverpool’s best team in a generation. Since joining from Roma in 2017, he has won a total of eight titles, including two Premier League titles and one Champions League, and initially formed a destructive front three alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino under manager Jurgen Klopp.
Salah is third on Liverpool’s all-time goalscorer list behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt and has won the Golden Boot award four times as the Premier League’s top scorer.
Liverpool described Salah as “one of the greatest players in Liverpool’s history” and said his time at Anfield had been “fantastic”.
Liverpool said: “Salah has expressed his desire to make this announcement at the earliest opportunity, out of respect and gratitude to our supporters and to provide them with transparency going forward.”
There was no immediate announcement from Salah about his next club. If he leaves as a free agent, Liverpool will not collect a transfer fee. Salah has been talked about before, but Bid from Saudi teamAl-Ittihad was reportedly rejected in 2023.
Salah had a falling out with Slott
Salah signed a two-year extension to his contract with Liverpool until 2027 at the end of last season after starring in the team’s march to a record-tying 20th English league title.
However, his public clashes with the club and manager Arne Slott this season may have tarnished his achievements in the eyes of some fans.
“I think it’s clear that someone was trying to put all the blame on me,” he said in a fiery interview after coming off the bench against Leeds in December.
Since returning from the African Cup of Nations, Salah has favored the slot but has struggled to regain his best form.
“While there is still much to play this season, Salah is firmly focused on finishing his season at Liverpool in the best possible way,” the club said. “Therefore, the time to fully celebrate his achievements and accomplishments will be later this year, when he bids farewell to Anfield.”
Salah is currently out of action after sustaining a muscular injury sustained in last week’s Champions League match against Galatasaray.
Liverpool’s final Premier League game of the season will be against Brentford at Anfield on May 24th. The Champions League final is next weekend, but Liverpool are on the back foot heading into the quarter-finals against Paris Saint-Germain.
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