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Mohamed Salah has hinted that he could leave Liverpool, but how much money could he make if an offer from MLS arrives?
Not even Doc Brown and Marty McFly could have predicted the current position Liverpool find themselves in after what was a blockbuster summer transfer window.
There was a clear plan to begin clearing the decks and begin a new cycle under Arne Slot, but there were no complaints about the business Richard Hughes concluded, other than perhaps the failure to close a last-minute move for Marc Guehi.
How much money could Mohamed Salah make in MLS?
Although far from his usual numbers, Salah’s five goals and three assists in 19 games shows that he is still capable of making a contribution and will maybe feel that he no longer has anything left to prove at the highest level of elite football.
With his place at the World Cup not in doubt, all that will matter to the Anfield legend is that he is playing football, and playing more regularly than he has been in recent weeks. Age waits for no man and inactivity can lead to rustiness as well as injuries.
The Saudi Pro League is where Salah could make generational wealth, however, the interest from San Diego might see him make the sort of leap of faith that Lionel Messi did in 2023. The greatest of all time could have named his price in the middle east, and despite earning more than the entire wage bill of 22 MLS clubs is paid a relatively modest $12m in terms of his basic salary which equates to a little over £9m a year, less than £200,000 a week. In other words, Salah would have to take a pay cut.
How Salah could land a fortune in America
Not quite though, including revenue sharing from Apple & Adidas, an equity stake in the club, and an extended contract through to 2028, Messi’s actual salary for 2025 could rise to around the $50 million mark or £37.5m, closer to £800,000 per week. That is more than double of what Salah is on as one of Liverpool’s highest earners.
Mohamed Salah isn’t Lionel Messi, but with the diminutive Argentinian unsure of how much longer his legs can keep mesmerising defenders, the Liverpool winger might be the player who MLS bosses decide is the one to carry the torch for the next generation after both Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba hung up their boots after Inter Miami’s MLS Cup success.
There aren’t any offers on the table just yet, however, if Salah is faced with an MLS or Saudi Pro League decision, it maybe won’t be quite as straight forward as some would think.
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