Mo Salah arrives in Turkey ahead of expected move to Trabzonspor

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trabzonspor/MmsYDc03/"]Trabzonspor[/a] announced a day earlier that they were in negotiations with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah,[/a] and ‌club chairman Ertugrul Dogan said ⁠they expected ‌to sign the 34-year-old on a free ​transfer at a ceremony in the Black Sea city on ​Thursday.[/p][p][b]"Trabzon, are you ready? I can hear you. See you very ⁠soon," [/b]Salah ​said in a video posted by the club on X.[/p][p][b]"Everywhere is Trabzon to us,"[/b] he added while wearing ‌a Trabzonspor kit, referring to the club's motto.[/p][embed guid="c262710b-2e0b-4ba5-a8ad-f05be3741f48" url="https://x.com/Trabzonspor/status/2084935821417705477" social-type="twitter" /][p]Upon arriving at Ataturk Airport, Salah was met by hundreds of fans. He waved at supporters and initiated a traditional chant with them, before departing for a medical check and a later ‌planned flight east to Trabzon.[/p][p]Salah ​left [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] this summer after nine ‌years, having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances and having won the Premier League twice and the Champions League once.[/p][p]In the 2024-25 season, Salah scored ⁠29 Premier League goals ​and provided 18 assists, equalling the league record for most goal involvements in a single season and setting the record for a 38-game campaign.[/p][p][b]He was named Premier League Player of the Season and won the Golden ‌Boot and the Playmaker Award, becoming the first player to take all three in one campaign.[/b][/p][image alt="Salah's recent stats" id="e0d9211d-06b8-4347-ae6d-c368cce9f289" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e3a01e77-1f83-4c2b-b0b8-73a32afcf305" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches and he was left on the bench in Champions League games, leading to a public spat with Liverpool's then-manager Arne Slot.[/p][p]Salah started his career in Europe at Swiss side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/basel/S8MBgwuo/"]Basel[/a] in 2012 and later joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a]. He also had brief stints at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]AS Roma[/a] between 2015 and 2017 before ‌joining Liverpool.[/p][p][b]Trabzonspor - generally considered to be the fourth biggest team in Turkey ​after Istanbul sides [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/galatasaray/riaqqurF/"]Galatasaray[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/besiktas/IDmErJCR/"]Besiktas[/a] - finished third in ‌the Super Lig last season and will enter the Europa League play-off round. The club's last league championship was in the 2021-22 season.[/b][/p][p]Salah had been close to joining Besiktas, but negotiations had stalled over financial and image-rights demands, according to local media.[/p][p]Details of the ⁠contract Salah is expected to ⁠sign have not been disclosed ‌yet.[/p]