How much money Liverpool save by letting Mohamed Salah leave early

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Mohamed Salah and Liverpool agreed to cut short his two-year deal he signed in April of 2025, with the Egyptian announcing his exit last week. Image Credits: Imago Images After nine extraordinary years, Mohamed Salah has confirmed he will leave Liverpool at the end of the current season – and in a remarkable show of goodwill, both parties have agreed to cut short his contract a full year early, allowing the Egyptian to depart as a free agent this summer despite his deal running until 2027.

As the dust settles on one of the Premier League’s greatest careers, attention has quickly turned to what comes next for both for Salah and Liverpool. From Liverpool’s perspective, the financial aspect of letting Salah go early seems to have played a part in the decision.

As a result, Liverpool will save around £25-30m in what would have been Salah’s annual wage in 2026/27: “Well, it’s just a trade-off really between his annual cost for Liverpool in that final season of between £25-30m all in and the fee that they could recover from elsewhere,” said Borson. “Now, the problem that Liverpool have got, and the problem that’s around the league really, is where do players of his earnings go?