Mohamed Salah has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025-26 season, closing a nine-year chapter that transformed the Egyptian winger from a Chelsea misfit into one of the Premier League’s defining icons.
Salah arrived from Roma in 2017 for £36.9 million, a signing met with skepticism after his earlier underwhelming spell at Chelsea. He is currently with 255 goals and 118 assists in 433 appearances across all competitions — 373 direct goal involvements that place him among the most prolific forwards in English football history.
A record‑breaking Liverpool career
In his debut season, Salah announced himself with 44 goals and 16 assists, shattering the Premier League single‑season scoring record with 32 goals. He has since added three more Golden Boots, three PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards, and two Premier League titles.
His trophy haul includes the 2019 Champions League, the 2020 Premier League, the Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, an FA Cup, and two Carabao Cups. The 2025‑26 campaign has seen him produce 34 goals and 23 assists, a final vintage season that reveals his enduring quality.
Salah’s consistency across nine seasons is not to be underemphasized. He scored 44 goals in his first year, then followed with 27, 23, 31, 31, 30, 25, 34, and has added more this term. No Liverpool forward has sustained such elite output for so long.
The end of an era
Liverpool confirmed Salah’s decision in a short statement, saying the time to “fully celebrate his legacy and achievements” will come when he bids farewell to Anfield later this year. The club plans a fitting tribute for a player who became the face of their modern renaissance under Jürgen Klopp and now Arne Slot.
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Salah’s departure marks the final curtain on Liverpool’s fabled front three. Sadio Mané left in 2022, Roberto Firmino departed a year later, and now the last remaining piece moves on.
Salah has not revealed his next destination. Saudi Arabian clubs have long courted him, and interest from Major League Soccer also exists. For now, the focus remains on a final push for silverware this season.
When the final whistle blows at Anfield on May 24 against Crystal Palace, the Egyptian King will walk off the Kop for the last time. An era will close, but the legacy he built will endure for generations.
