Salah joins Trabzonspor after Liverpool exit
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- Mohamed Salah is set to join Trabzonspor on a free transfer after mutually agreeing to terminate his Liverpool contract a year early this summer, ending a nine-year Anfield spell.
- Salah leaves Liverpool as their third all-time top goalscorer with 257 goals in 442 games, having won seven major trophies during his time on Merseyside.
- Salah's final season was turbulent — he was dropped at Leeds and publicly fell out with then-head coach Arne Slot before the mutual contract termination.
- Liverpool rejected a £150m offer from Saudi club Al Ittihad for Salah less than three years ago, making this move to Turkish football a notable pivot away from the Gulf route.
- Trabzonspor finished third in the Turkish Super Lig last season and will enter the Europa League playoffs, giving Salah a continental stage for his post-Premier League chapter.
- Former Premier League defender John Curtis told Sky Sports News that the deal is almost certainly financially driven (reportedly around €17m per year) and called the move "a step down" from working with elite-level teammates.
Why it matters: Salah's choice of Trabzonspor over long-courted Saudi Arabia — where Al Ittihad once bid £150m that Liverpool rejected — suggests competitive environment and lifestyle, not just money, shaped his call at age 34. For Trabzonspor, a Europa League entrant, landing one of the Premier League's all-time greats on a free is a transformational acquisition; for Liverpool, losing their third-highest scorer for nothing closes a messy chapter.
