Mohamed Salah has not scored in his last 10 Premier League outings for [Liverpool,](https://walkon.com/) and as the goals fail to come out of a ketchup bottle that is starting to look a little bit dodgy, people are starting to realize that now is the best time for legend and club to part ways.
Just a year ago, Salah was the unquestionable best player in the Premier League, guiding Liverpool to the title with an insane 29 goals and 18 assists. His goals were his highest total since netting 32 in his first season at the club in 2017/18, and the assists set a new higher water mark for the player.
But even then, you could see Salah tailing off in production towards the end of the season, the second half not quite as brilliant as the first, with Salah ceding Ballon d’Or contention to Lamine Yamal and eventual winner Ousmane Dembele.
Now this season, Salah has been fully in decline, scoring a meager 4 goals in 20 Premier League appearances. Though his creative numbers remain respectable with 6 assists and 2.1 key passes per game, his ability to drive at defenders has fallen off a cliff with a ghastly ratio of 1.4 dribbles completed and fouls drawn per game combined to 4.5 unforced turnovers in possession per match.
Salah is not even half the player he was at his best, and Liverpool are losing dynamism and attacking width because of it. Players like Florian Wirtz have less space to work with, and Liverpool have lost a key outlet of goals, ball progression, box penetration, and havoc wreaking in light of Salah’s decline.
At 33 years old, Salah is still useful to Liverpool, but he is honestly playing at the level of a backup winger for a Premier League title hopeful, rather than a star player.
With the Saudi Pro League still interested in taking Salah before he really does have to retire from the sport, now is the best time for the Reds and the Egyptian legend to part ways. At this point, it is the only logical and acceptable outcome.
Joe Soriano is the editor of _The Trivela Effect_ and a FanSided Hall of Famer who has covered world football since 2010. He’s led top digital communities like _The Real Champs_ (Real Madrid) and has run sites covering Tottenham, Liverpool, Juventus, and Schalke. He also helped manage _NFL Spin Zone_ and _Daily DDT,_ covering the NFL and pro wrestling.