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Mohamed Salah's emotional message for Liverpool fans as exit nears - 'It means everything'

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SportFootballMohamed SalahMohamed Salah says he leaves Liverpool as a fan for life after nine decorated years at AnfieldMohamed Salah says he leaves Liverpool as a fan for life - revealing the connection made with supporters over the past nine years "means everything" to him.Salah will play his 442nd and final game for the club this weekend when Brentford arrive at Anfield to wrap up a disappointing campaign for Arne Slot's side.It is unclear, however, if the forward will start, after only returning from a hamstring issue last week at Aston Villa.Salah will depart as the third highest goalscorer of all time at Anfield on 257, behind only Ian Rush (346) and Roger Hunt (285), and he exits as a club legend having won two Premier League titles and the 2019 Champions League as part of a lengthy honours' list.READ MORE: Arne Slot responds to Mohamed Salah social media post and makes Liverpool playing style pointREAD MORE: Liverpool tribute magazines to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson out nowThe 33-year-old, though, says the most important aspect of his time at Liverpool is the bond he has forged with the club's followers since signing from Roma for around £36m in 2017.“It means to me everything," Salah says in a new LFCTV production titled 'Salah: Farewell to the King'. So, it’s a blessing and something I don’t take for granted.”Salah adds: “The club means everything.



I will always love this club. I will always support it.“My kids will always support it and even when I talk to them now, I tell them like, we’re leaving Liverpool, they say, ‘Well, we’re going to support the club even when you leave’.“I say, ‘We’re not going to support my new club?’ They say, ‘No, we love Liverpool.

We’re going to support Liverpool. I say: ‘Okay, fine’.”Salah was awarded the club's player of the month for April, making it the 29th time he has been chosen for the accolade since he arrived in 2017.Choose Liverpool Echo as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCMohamed Salah