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Mohamed Salah has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025/26 season.
The 33-year-old Egypt international has won every major club trophy he has competed for since joining the Reds from Roma in June 2017, including Premier League titles in 2019/20 and 2024/25 and the Champions League in 2018/19.
Salah is the third-highest scorer in Liverpool history, with 255 goals, while his 191 Premier League goals put him fourth in the competition's all-time standings.
The Sporting News breaks down the reasons for his departure now, considering he still has another year left on his Liverpool contract.
Why is Mohamed Salah leaving Liverpool?
Salah's departure comes as something of a surprise, given he signed a lucrative contract extension last season that ran until June 2027.
However, the reigning PFA and FWA Player of the Year has not hit the heights he did during Liverpool's title-winning campaign last term, with 10 goals and nine assists a significant downturn from the incredible numbers he has posted through the heights of his Liverpool tenure.
While it was expected he would remain through the end of his two-year contract, things boiled over when Salah issued a stunning public rebuke to head coach Arne Slot after being dropped from the first team in December.
That flashpoint was navigated once Salah returned from Africa Cup of Nations duty in the new year, but the damage had been done, and the Egypt international was either unable or unwilling to recover his standing in the team with a return to his prior form.
Now Liverpool and the Premier League must begin the process of bidding farewell to one of the greatest players ever to grace those stages.
What did Mohamed Salah say about leaving Liverpool?
Salah posted on social media to announce his departure on Tuesday, March 24.
“Hello, everyone. Unfortunately the day has come,” Salah said in a message posted on social media. "This is the first part of my farewell. I will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
"I wanted to start by saying that I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, this 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.
"I want to thank everyone who was part of this club throughout my time here, especially the teammates, past and present, 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 times, 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 to my family. Thank you for everything. Because of all of you, I will never walk alone."
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) March 24, 2026More to follow
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