Mohamed Salah joins Trabzonspor on a free transfer after nine years at Liverpool

[BretHart]

Mohamed Salah has officially completed his move to Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor on a free transfer, signing a two year deal after mutually agreeing with Liverpool to terminate his contract a year early, and honestly this is a genuinely surprising end to one of the Premier Leagues greatest ever careers

Salahs nine year spell at Anfield ends with him as Liverpools third highest all time goalscorer, netting 257 goals in 442 appearances and lifting seven major trophies including two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup and two League Cups, plus four Premier League Golden Boots and three PFA Player of the Year awards along the way

The move comes after a genuinely difficult final season, Salah was dropped at points and had a public disagreement with then head coach Arne Slot, which is a pretty stark turnaround given he signed a contract extension only in April 2025, Salah had actually delivered a bombshell interview after being dropped that suggested a Saudi Arabian move might be his most likely next destination, especially given Liverpool famously rejected a 150 million pound bid from Al Ittihad for him back in 2023

Sky Sports reporting suggests the move genuinely makes financial sense for Salah specifically, hes reportedly set to earn somewhere between 15 and 17 million pounds a year at Trabzonspor, and Turkeys tax environment for professional footballers is notably favourable, so while its likely somewhat less than he could have earned in Saudi Arabia or possibly even at Liverpool, its still a very healthy deal in a league with genuinely lower cost of living and tax burden

Trabzonspor finished third in the Turkish Super Lig last season with 69 points from 34 matches, scoring 61 goals, and theyll be competing in the Europa League playoffs this season as they try to close the gap on the leading pair of Galatasaray and Fenerbahce domestically, so Salah is walking into a club thats already performing well rather than a struggling side desperate for star power alone

Salah also had a strong World Cup with Egypt this summer, scoring a goal and delivering two assists as they reached the round of 16 before losing 3-2 to eventual champions Argentina, so hes clearly not physically declined the way a difficult final Liverpool season might have suggested, this genuinely reads as a mutual parting that just didnt work out rather than a player whose powers have faded

Mohamed Salah: Former Liverpool forward joins Turkish club Trabzonspor on free transfer after leaving Anfieldwww.skysports.com

[Poppy51]

257 goals in 442 appearances with seven major trophies is a genuinely legendary Liverpool career regardless of how it ended, this final season disagreement with Slot shouldnt overshadow just how much he delivered for nearly a decade

[ForumGremlin]

The Turkish tax environment detail is honestly underrated in a lot of these late career moves, players chasing one final big contract often factor in take home pay more than the gross headline salary number that gets reported everywhere

[IronWarden12]

Egypts World Cup run with Salah contributing a goal and two assists against Argentina in the round of 16 shows hes still performing at a genuinely high international level, this really does look like a mutual split rather than an aging player being moved on

[RusticDaemon]

Trabzonspor finishing third last season and heading into Europa League playoffs makes this a much more sensible destination than some random cash grab move, Salah is joining a club that's actually competitive rather than purely chasing a paycheck at a struggling side

[Elizabeth_14]

Liverpool turning down 150 million pounds for him back in 2023 and now letting him leave for free just a few years later is such a stark illustration of how quickly a players value and situation can change in modern football

[Daemon90]

Salahs status as Liverpools third highest goalscorer of all time is going to be a permanent part of the clubs history regardless of how this final season went, legacies get built over nine years not over one difficult final campaign

[HeartbreakKid_Royale]

The public fallout with Arne Slot is the detail that really explains why this happened despite Salah signing a fresh extension barely a year earlier, that kind of breakdown in the manager relationship can end a chapter fast regardless of past achievements

[RayOfLight73]

This is genuinely one of the more surprising superstar destinations in recent memory, most assumed Saudi Arabia or MLS given his profile and earning potential, ending up in the Turkish Super Lig feels like a real curveball nobody fully saw coming

[QuantumToken98]

Trabzonspor fans have to be absolutely buzzing right now, landing a player of Salahs global profile and proven Premier League pedigree is a massive statement signing for a club outside the traditional Turkish big two of Galatasaray and Fenerbahce

[NeutrinoX54]

Curious how well his game translates to the Turkish Super Lig physically and tactically at 34, different league intensity and style than the Premier League, but his World Cup performance suggests hes still got more than enough quality to make an immediate impact there