The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - Salah says goodbye

[Brendan]

Cpuld have went out on a high last year, least Liverpool will get some coin because of the contract extension

[brokencrossbar1]

Cpuld have went out on a high last year, least Liverpool will get some coin because of the contract extension

Wouldn't be surprised if that was the deal. Depending on war in Iran he might head to Saudi for a decent wedge

[gawa316]

One of the greats!

[laoislad]

One of the greats!

One of the greatest ever.

A one season wonder Chelsea reject he was called on here  by posters who are still active here 😂

[Milltown Row2]

One of the greats!

One of the greatest ever.

A one season wonder Chelsea reject he was called on here  by posters who are still active here 😂

Could have done with him against Brighton

[Dag Dog]

I thought he had retired months ago...or he might as well have! 

[laoislad]

See what I mean gawa316? Every single time!😂

Cpuld have went out on a high last year, least Liverpool will get some coin because of the contract extension

Going on a free apparently.

[Ash Smoker]

Can he retire and then rock up to another club in a few months?

[quit yo jibbajabba]

It's not the civil service mate

Ps no one said retired

[J70]

One of the greats!

One of the greatest ever.

A one season wonder Chelsea reject he was called on here  by posters who are still active here 😂

Greatest player of the Klopp era.

Among all time Liverpool greatest, surely top three or four, along with King Kenny, Gerrard and Rush.

[seafoid]

Jamie Carragher

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/24/mohamed-salah-leaving-liverpool-premier-league-great/
In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah's output and consistency. While many will argue the merits of players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp or Eric Cantona, none of them produced the same devastating numbers as consistently, season-after-season, as the Egyptian.

The true measure of Salah's greatness was brought home to me recently. Only a few days ago, my old club requested that I name my 10 greatest Liverpool players. The usual suspects formed the core of my top choices: Steven Gerrard, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, John Barnes and Ian Rush. The ultimate compliment I can pay to Salah is that he was the immediate name to follow them on that list.

Whenever the glorious, transformative Jürgen Klopp era is remembered, Salah will forever be synonymous with Premier League and Champions League glory. If Klopp was the charismatic and visionary stage director, Salah was the inspirational leading man. His prolific goals propelled Liverpool to heights many feared would not be reached again, particularly considering the club's standing upon his arrival in 2017.

Under Klopp's guidance, and thanks in large part to Salah's genius, Liverpool rapidly evolved from a club struggling simply to qualify for the Champions League to one that genuinely believed they had the capability to win the competition every single time they participated.

The greatness of Bill Shankly's reign at Anfield was best symbolised by his transformative recruitment of Ron Yeats and Ian St John in the early 1960s, and Kevin Keegan and Emlyn Hughes in the early 70s. Bob Paisley will be forever associated with the pivotal signings of Dalglish and Souness, while Dalglish's own managerial career was transformed by bringing in John Barnes and Peter Beardsley. In the Klopp era, the two outfield stars who altered the course of the club's history were Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Alongside the equally brilliant Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino, Salah formed part of the most devastatingly effective attacking trio in Premier League history. José Mourinho once joked that the front three were being hyped as "the last wonder of the world". The truth is, for four magnificent seasons, they were special.

While Pep Guardiola may have evolved the idea of the "wide forward" with David Villa at Barcelona, Salah took the concept to a new level with his phenomenal goal-scoring rate. His success effectively forced managers across the world to rethink how they utilised players in wide areas. The traditional, old-style winger, who operated close to the touchline, aiming to get "chalk on his boots" and feed a conventional No 9, was replaced by the more natural, goal-hungry wide attackers who were judged primarily on their goals and assists, rather than just crosses.


Aside from his prolific goalscoring and pace, there is another, more underrated quality that must always be remembered when discussing Salah's rightful place among the greats: his extraordinary availability.

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Across nine seasons at the highest level, Salah has made 435 appearances – an average of just over 48 games every single year for his club. These are extraordinary numbers given the relentless physical and mental intensity with which he and his team have played for most of that time.

Nothing impresses me more in the game than world-class footballers who possess that desire never to miss a game. In Salah's case, he would visibly sulk if he was substituted and had to miss even a single minute of action. Such demonstrations of petulance were often frowned upon by others. But give me the star who can't stand sitting on the bench or in the stands over the one who cannot get off the pitch quick enough, nursing a slight niggle. That hunger and resilience is a mark of true greatness.

[Armagh18]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/24/mohamed-salah-leaving-liverpool-premier-league-great/
In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah's output and consistency. While many will argue the merits of players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp or Eric Cantona, none of them produced the same devastating numbers as consistently, season-after-season, as the Egyptian.

He was unreal for years but shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Ronaldo.

[Milltown Row2]

Brilliant player, certainly one of the best I've seen in the Premiership, under Klopp he was unstoppable, just for whatever reasons this year and part of last year he has fallen away, it happens to players but best Liverpool player since the premiership started

[laoislad]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/24/mohamed-salah-leaving-liverpool-premier-league-great/
In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah's output and consistency. While many will argue the merits of players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp or Eric Cantona, none of them produced the same devastating numbers as consistently, season-after-season, as the Egyptian.

He was unreal for years but shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Ronaldo.

Inhale........ Mohamed Salah. Ronaldo. ...... Exhale......

What you going to do about it?

[Armagh18]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/03/24/mohamed-salah-leaving-liverpool-premier-league-great/
In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah's output and consistency. While many will argue the merits of players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp or Eric Cantona, none of them produced the same devastating numbers as consistently, season-after-season, as the Egyptian.

He was unreal for years but shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Ronaldo.

Inhale........ Mohamed Salah. Ronaldo. ...... Exhale......

What you going to do about it?

Oh you're hard