
Mohamed Salah announces Liverpool departure, ending nine-year stint that made him club legend
The Hindu
Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at season's end, concluding a remarkable nine-year tenure at Anfield.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah announced on Tuesday (March 25, 2026) that he will leave the English club at the end of the season, marking an earlier-than-planned departure for one of the club's greatest-ever scorers and football's biggest names.
The 33-year-old Egypt forward, who has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liverpool, “reached an agreement” to quit the team a year before his contract was due to expire, the Premier League champions said.
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Salah's form has dipped in his ninth year at Anfield, to such an extent that he was dropped for a stretch of games late last year — leading to the winger telling reporters in an impromptu interview that the club “has thrown me under the bus.”
“Unfortunately the day has come,” Salah said in a post on Instagram that was released around the same time as Liverpool published a six-paragraph statement announcing the imminent departure of a club great.
“I never imagined," he added, "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.”













