Mohamed Salah’s future at Anfield has been called into question once more this week.
Arne Slot dropped Salah when Liverpool beat West Ham and didn’t even bring the winger off the bench.
Following this surprising decision, Fabrizio Romano shared a future update on the winger, while talk about a potential exit has been amplified amid fresh links to the Middle East.
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Salah still has Saudi interest going into 2026, and Liverpool fans think he’ll leave this season.
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Should the 33-year-old, who is under contract until 2027, call time on his Reds career at some point in the next six months, the Merseyside outfit will save millions.
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After previous speculation over his future, Salah signed a new contract in April 2025.
Rousing The Kop exclusively revealed at the time that though the deal runs until 2027, there is an option for an extra year.
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But given continued links to Saudi Arabia and a potentially reduced role under Slot, he could end up leaving before then.
Should that happen, Liverpool would save a staggering eight figures per year in wages.
As per Capology, Salah has a base salary of £20,800,000-a-year, taking home £400,000-a-week.
On top of the initial base salary, finance expert Adam Williams has told Rousing The Kop how Liverpool would save an extra several million from his exit.
He said: “As well as Salah’s wages, which reportedly are around £400,000 per week, you’re also looking at a saving in National Insurance contributions. That’s not a trivial sum. National Insurance is set at 15 per cent as of April 2025, so if £400,000 is Salah’s basic weekly wage, Liverpool are also paying another £60,000 on top of that.
“Over the course of 18 months, that’s another £4.7m. The numbers aren’t an exact science, because some of Salah’s wages will be paid as image rights, which are taxed recently. Incidentally, the law recently changed so that image rights are treated as income, but that won’t take effect until after the expiry of Salah’s deal. But they do give you a flavour of how much Liverpool could save.
“On the flip side, Salah is a huge commercial asset and losing him would harm their leverage with sponsors. For a player of his stature, particularly in the Arabic-speaking world, that’s a real factor. FSG will be taking a holistic view*.*“
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Notable names linked with Liverpool
Antoine Semenyo (£65m release clause)
Marc Guehi (out of contract this summer)
Yan Diomande (£17.5m market value)
Eduardo Camavinga (£43.8m market value)
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Liverpool transfer deals could be funded by Mohamed Salah exit
Should Salah depart in January, though that seems very unlikely, Liverpool would save around £30m on wages.
On paper, that could be enough to help them sign Atalanta midfielder Ederson, whose agent recently suggested he may now be available for around €30-40m.
He said: “Atalanta were asking for a lot of money, between 60 and 75 million euros, but now his contract is almost up, they could even halve the price, between 30 and 40 million. He’s a spectacular player with some of the best statistics in Europe for his position.”
Elsewhere, Eduardo Camavinga is wanted with a potential fee of around £50m mooted.
The Reds are also thought to be seriously considering an offer for Kees Smit as AZ Alkmaar look to recoup more than the £20m they sold Tijani Reijnders to Manchester City for.
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