Virgil van Dijk leads Liverpool locker room reactions to Mohamed Salah exit
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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesMohamed SalahRyan Gravenberch broke the Liverpool locker room silence on Mohamed Salah's bombshell departure announcement with a one-word response, before Virgil van Dijk paid tributeVirgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah have been together at Liverpool for a long time.(Image: Simon Stacpoole/Offside via Getty Images)Liverpool's players have addressed Mohamed Salah's bombshell announcement that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season.Salah confirmed in an emotional video message posted to social media that he will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the 2025-26 season, bringing to a close a nine-year stay that has made him one of the greatest players in the club's history.He delivered the news directly to supporters in an Instagram post, speaking to his fans amid clips of his cherished Liverpool moments before a host of his teammates rushed to the comments. You've given me the best time of my life.
I will always be one of you. "Mohamed Salah is to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career with Liverpool Football Club at the end of the 2025-26 season," the club said.
Salah had signed a new two-year deal just before the end of last season, but will not see out the remaining year of that contract.A lucrative move to Saudi Arabia has been heavily linked, though his destination has not been confirmed.Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Premier League(Image: Getty)Salah arrived at Liverpool from Roma in 2017 for £36.9 million, a club record at the time, and proceeded to rewrite the record books at Anfield.He broke the Premier League record for most goals in a 38-game season with 32 in his debut campaign, won the Champions League, two Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and multiple other honors during his time on Merseyside.He holds the record for the most goal involvements for a single club in Premier League history, surpassing Wayne Rooney's tally of 277 during the current season.He is Liverpool's all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Premier League and the all-time top African goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League. In March 2026, he scored his 50th Champions League goal for the club, cementing a legacy that places him among the greatest players ever to play in England.Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Mohamed SalahLiverpool FCRyan Gravenberch