Mohamed Salah is sweating over whether he has played his final game for Liverpool or not, and now a significant new injury claim has emerged.
The 33-year-old limped off with a hamstring issue in Saturday’s 3-1 win at home to Crystal Palace, with Arne Slot providing an update after the game:
“We don’t know, that’s the best answer I can give because if I say it might be a chance then probably all the headlines are, ‘there might be a chance.
“We simply don’t know but what we do know is the season is in four weeks over, so there are not a lot of games being played. We have to wait and see how his injury is and if he is able to return to play.”
Now, speaking to Reuters [via This Is Anfield], Egypt team doctor Ibrahim Hassan claimed Salah could now be missing for four weeks with a hamstring tear, in a concerning update.
“The diagnosis has been confirmed for Mohamed Salah’s hamstring tear, and he will be sidelined from the pitches for four weeks,” Hassan said.
“There is ongoing monitoring of Mohamed Salah’s condition, and his injury will not affect his participation in the 2026 World Cup.”
Will Mo Salah get his final send-off against Brentford?
This would be a heartbreaking way for Salah’s iconic Liverpool career to come to an end, following nine years of extraordinary service at Anfield.
There was arguably a sadness in the Egyptian’s eyes against Palace that suggested he knew he may not feature again, but fans will be desperate that that isn’t the case.
It does feel as though the final game of the season at home to Brentford next month could be the best that Salah can hope for, and it would be special to see him on the pitch one last time.
He deserves as big a reception as just about any player in Liverpool’s history, and it would be fitting if he and Andy Robertson are on the pitch together on the last day of the campaign, before heading off to pastures new.
Football can be cruel, though, and if Salah’s injury is serious, it will have to be a case of giving him a send-off from the sidelines, on what promises to be an emotional day at Anfield.