Mohamed Salah has taken to social media to pay his respects to the outgoing Andy Robertson at the end of the season.
Mohamed Salah pays emotional tribute to Andy Robertson
Mohamed Salah is not the only one struggling to process the news that Andy Robertson will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
The Scot has been part of the furniture at Anfield for so long that it is hard to imagine a Liverpool squad without him.
His departure will officially come in the summer, but emotionally the goodbye process has already started, and Salah’s heartfelt Instagram post is just the first sign of how big a hole Robertson will leave behind.
When Robertson arrived from a relegated Hull City in 2017, few could have predicted the impact he would go on to have. Signed for a relatively modest fee of £8m, he quickly became one of the bargains of the Klopp era.
The partnership he formed with Sadio Mane on that left flank became one of the defining features of Liverpool’s rise back to the very top of European football. Opposition full‑backs knew that once Robertson got into his stride, they were in for a long evening.
Now Mohamed Salah is the latest Liverpool player to pay his respects.
Taking to Instagram, Salah hailed the Scot as a rightful Liverpool legend:
“With these pictures showing the bond we shared, I almost felt I could get away with saying nothing about you leaving. It’s been an honour to be your teammate and your friend,” he wrote.
“You’ve won it all and you leave as a legend. I’m sure we will meet again.”
There will be a formal farewell at Anfield in the summer and plenty more chances for tributes between now and then, but this first public message from one of his closest team‑mates captures the mood as well as anything
Salah has effectively spoken for a fanbase that feels exactly the same way: gratitude for everything Robertson has given, sadness that this era is ending, and a quiet hope that there are still a few special memories left to make before the final farewell at Anfield.