Mohamed Salah's unfortunate injury for Liverpool against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon has left fans fearing that he may never pull on the famous red shirt again with just over a month to go in his nine-year spell at the club.
Salah announced in late March that he would be on his way out of Anfield at the end of the current Premier League campaign, and with their defeats to Manchester City in the FA Cup and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, it meant Salah only had six games left in a red shirt.
A goal against Everton last weekend saw him score the first Merseyside derby goal at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in a huge parting gift, but his injury means that he faces a race to be fit - and it could see him fail to feature in a Liverpool shirt again.
Mohamed Salah May Have Played His Last Game in a Liverpool Shirt
Mohamed Salah
As a result, Salah won't feature at Old Trafford for one last time next weekend. The Egyptian star has an incredible record for the Reds against their north-western counterparts, being the eighth-highest Premier League scorer at the Theatre of Dreams in the 2020s.
And, according to X (formerly Twitter) account @physioscout, Salah's injury could well see him never play for Liverpool again.
They have three games after their clash at Old Trafford; a home clash against Chelsea, an away trip to Aston Villa, and a final day home clash against Brentford.
However, with Salah clutching his hamstring after going to ground, reports out of the Egypt camp prior to the World Cup suggest that he will be out of action for a month.
Physio Scout predicts that this will fall into either a Grade One or Grade Two muscle strain. Grade One means that his recovery time will be between 2-4 weeks, whilst a Grade Two will be between 4-6 weeks.
The latter end of Grade One means that Salah will face a race against time to feature against Brentford, though the earlier end means he could possibly play by the time Chelsea come to Merseyside.
However, a latter stage Grade Two means Salah's next appearance would be at the World Cup - and almost effectively end his Reds career with his final goal being against Everton.
Salah Will go Down as a Liverpool Legend Regardless of Finale
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring against Qarabag
It would be somewhat of a fitting end for Salah to have scored his final goal in a derby match, though fans will be hoping he plays at Anfield one more time.
Even if he was to feature against Brentford for the final few minutes from the bench whilst carrying the injury, he would get the heroes exit he deserves.
Salah is the club's third top-scorer in all competitions, notching 257 strikes in just 440 games in all competitions, overtaking Gordon Hodgson and Billy Liddell over the past two years, though he is 29 goals away from beating Roger Hunt's record - which is now insurmountable after a relatively poor season in front of goal.
Even if he does get one more appearance, it will be one of the biggest receptions in history alongside fellow departing legend, Andy Robertson.