Due to the departures of Mo Salah, Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool are set to free up about £36 million in wages.
Salah was worth his weight in gold to Liverpool – until he wasn’t.
The Egyptian’s final season on Merseyside saw him score just 12 goals as a result of personal decline and the team’s drastic drop-off.
Now, he has mutually agreed to terminate his contract that had another year left to run, a contract that meant he earned more than £400,000 per week before tax.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, May 24, 2026: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is emotional as he waves goodbye to Anfield for the final time after the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC at Anfield. The game ended 1-1. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
If Salah had reached his previous heights, he could have earned up to £80,000 in bonuses on top of that.
However, his performances across the 2025/26 campaign simply couldn’t justify his salary, and you would suspect that Liverpool’s directors weren’t dismayed by his decision to leave.
Robertson’s departure will also free up a portion of the club’s wage budget, with the vice-captain reportedly earning £160,000 per week.
Ibrahima Konate is moving on, too, after the player and club couldn’t agree on a new deal.
The Frenchman is set to sign for Real Madrid, where he will earn about £400,000 per week before tax, according to El Desmarque, plus a signing bonus of over £17m.
Liverpool FC Player Wages
Mo Salah
£400,000 / week
£20,800,000 / year
We don’t know exactly how much Konate was earning at Anfield, but his reported new salary is likely more than double what he was taking home from Liverpool!
If we estimate that Konate was earning about £140,000 per week, combining that with Salah and Robertson’s wages, that is a saving of £700,000 per week.
Across a full year, that translates to about £36m saved per year that Konate, Salah and Robertson would have been earning.
Costs facing Liverpool
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Sunday, May 3, 2026: Liverpool's Ryan Gravenberch (L) and captain Virgil van Dijk react as Manchester United score the winning third goal during the FA Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Liverpool FC at Old Trafford. Man Utd won 3-2. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Of course, some of this sum will be invested elsewhere, most notably in new signings and pay rises for existing players.
Ryan Gravenberch, for example, recently signed a new six-year deal worth about £280,000 per week.
That makes Gravenberch the third-highest earner in the squad after Virgil van Dijk and Alexander Isak.
Liverpool also had to pay Arne Slot £6.9m to terminate his contract a year early, reported De Telegraaf.
They have already agreed to pay up to £60m for Jeremy Jacquet, too, who will sign this summer from Ligue 1 outfit Rennes.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, May 24, 2026: Liverpool's head coach Arne Slot on the bench before the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
While the Reds spent £446m last summer, they also brought in £216m through player sales, leaving them with a net spend that was actually £33m lower than Arsenal‘s.
Therefore, they should have money to spend this window and, in theory, the younger players they acquire shouldn’t arrive on the biggest wages.
Other players, such as Curtis Jones and Alexis Mac Allister, could leave too. However, selling too many players comes with the risk of further disrupting an already fractured squad.
Andoni Iraola is coming to coach a team suffering from a lack of options. He could do without having the size of his task made even larger.