Salah to leave Liverpool: What it means for the Reds' transfer plans & where he could go

[p]According to Salah's agent, Ramy Abbas, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a] himself does not yet know his next destination. [/p][p][b]Yet we can confirm that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] have already been planning for life without their talisman over recent months, internally assessing how to reshape their attack for next season.[/b][/p][p]The news of his planned exit brings a complicated chapter to a close.[/p][p]Liverpool entered this season as reigning Premier League champions and rewarded Salah with a new mega-contract off the back of that success. Expectations were high, but the campaign has unravelled; they are out of the title race, and as performances dipped, Salah’s own form also declined sharply.[/p][p][b]There has been tension with the manager, raising serious questions earlier in the season about whether a January exit was possible. Instead, Salah departed for AFCON, returned and reintegrated … but the sense of inevitability around a summer departure remained strong. [/b][/p][p]Now, with confirmation that this will be his final season, attention turns to what comes next.[/p][embed guid="045db091-c433-4148-8c47-7ca89982486e" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2036525676128317733" social-type="twitter" /][p]Salah’s exit is significant from a financial perspective, as he is effectively walking away from a contract worth around £400,000 per week by agreeing a mutual departure.[/p][p]That will not impact him long term, as future options are going to be lucrative. Yet this is still a huge moment for Liverpool’s all-time top scorer.[/p][p]And how does this impact the Reds? Liverpool must decide whether - and how - they replace him. [/p][p][b]The Reds already committed heavily last summer, bringing in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wirtz-florian/0Q5gjImi/"]Florian Wirtz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a] for significant fees, but early signals suggest they will still be ready to re-enter the market for a top, new wide player.[/b][/p][p]Among the names understood to be very much under consideration is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rb-leipzig/KbS1suSm/"]RB Leipzig[/a] sensation [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diomande-yan/0p2ORrJi/"]Yan Diomande[/a], who is valued at around €100m. Meanwhile, the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doue-desire/KIUWH2Jq/"]Desire Doue[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-nico/Cp7lcVjJ/"]Nico Williams[/a] have all been monitored from across Europe. Liverpool are also admirers of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olise-michael/E5pvwqkK/"]Michael Olise[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] - but that one is going to prove particularly difficult.[/p][p]Closer to home, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle United[/a]’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a] is highly-rated, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/semenyo-antoine/r1Gz1yPk/"]Antoine Semenyo[/a] was considered in the last window before he joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bowen-jarrod/pW170H9K/"]Jarrod Bowen[/a] is another admired option, and his side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham[/a] are currently locked in a relegation battle.[/p][p][b]As for 33-year-old Salah, the most likely destination remains Saudi Arabia, where long-standing interest has only intensified. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ittihad/QmsyAjWh/"]Al Ittihad[/a] saw a previous bid rejected, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-hilal/hxxcePl9/"]Al Hilal[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-nassr/h4I89ZuE/"]Al Nassr[/a] have been mentioned as potential landing spots in recent times. Other Saudi sides, including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/neom-sc/SOrkawEs/"]Neom FC[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-qadsiah/tvQZtrTd/"]Al Qadsiah[/a], have also lodged interest.[/p][p]Financially, the scale of any such transfer would be transformative. In Saudi Arabia, Salah would truly become one of the world’s highest-paid players, with the potential to earn around £175m per season.[/p][p][b]It is worth nothing that a move to Major League Soccer has been mooted, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-diego-fc/EuGkBf33/"]San Diego FC[/a] - owned by Mohamed Mansour - one club linked. That has not progressed and there are understood to be some reservations about the option of moving to the United States.[/b][/p][p]There have also been potential opportunities within Europe, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] mentioned.[/p][p]The future will become more clear over the coming days and months, but what is clear right now is that one of the Premier League era’s defining players is making a decision that will shape the final stages of his career.[/p][image alt="Flashscore" id="0f685dd0-10a2-43d8-9966-361f00f7203c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="186713a9-61da-4553-8152-a499f0699395" original-width="1200" original-height="380" /]