Mohamed Salah should have an easy decision to make as his next club after Liverpool is decided in the coming weeks ahead of a summer departure from Anfield and plenty of options
04:00, 01 May 2026
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah arrives before a game at Anfield.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah arrives before a game at Anfield.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Mohamed Salah has not played his last minutes for Liverpool yet. He won't, in all likelihood, get a final trip to Manchester United because of a hamstring injury, but he should get back on the field again before the season ends.
That, no doubt, will have come as a huge relief. Though Liverpool looks set to qualify for the Champions League — and could even wrap that up this weekend if results go its way — it would simply not have been a fitting way to bow out by limping off against Crystal Palace.
Salah might not have been anywhere near his best this season — and it does feel like the right time for him to move on — but he has still netted 12 goals and provided nine assists in all competitions.
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As a result, while he lacks the speed and explosiveness that he once had down the right-hand side, Salah is more than capable of playing for a very high-level team around Europe.
Interest from Saudi Arabia remains, but the simple fact is that Salah is still too good for that. The same logic applies to MLS, though there would be no shortage of teams in either region that are keen.
With the Saudi Pro League in particular, the offers will not be going anywhere. Maybe, in a couple more years, that move might be more sensible if Salah ages and slows down even further.
Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson embrace at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson will leave Liverpool this summer. (Image: Michael Regan - UEFA via Getty Images)
For now, though, he still has the quality to shine in one of Europe's top five leagues. It won't be in the Premier League, where he would have to face Liverpool, and it isn't likely to be in Germany or France, but it could be elsewhere.
Italy seems like the most sensible choice, with Juventus said to be keen on snapping him up alongside Bernardo Silva, who will leave Manchester City.
Atletico Madrid or even Barcelona could make sense should the finances be right, but a return to Serie A, where Salah once shone for Roma and Fiorentina, would also keep him at the top level.
Juventus looks set to qualify for the Champions League — a tournament that Salah is still good enough to grace — and the Old Lady is now managed by his old boss, Luciano Spalletti, who he worked with at Roma.
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In addition to Juventus, there have been links this week with a move to Turkiye. Fenerbahce, it is claimed, would be keen on Salah, while Galatasaray was mentioned earlier in the calendar year.
In each case, as should be the minimum that Salah is looking for, there would be a European competition of some form to play in, and a competitive domestic league.
Salah is no longer at the level where his Liverpool place can be guaranteed, and it is therefore the right call to depart a year before his contract expires. As he weighs up his options in the next couple of weeks, though, Salah's next move will be fascinating.
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A return to Italy, possibly with Juventus, should be tempting, but wherever he chooses, he should be picking a team in a UEFA competition. That is the easy bit; the harder element will be deciding which one.