Salah reactions after confirming Liverpool exit impresses Slot

Liverpool manager Arne Slot had admitted he was left impressed by the kind of positive reactions Mohamed Salah received after he announced he will leave the Anfield outfit at the end of the season.

Salah will bid farewell upon the conclusion of his ninth campaign as a Red and as one of the greatest to have ever worn the shirt. The forward reached an agreement with the Reds that will see him close a remarkable nine-year chapter at Anfield.

 

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He expressed his wish to make this announcement to the supporters at the earliest possible opportunity to provide transparency about his future due to his respect and gratitude for them.

Salah broke record after record

“I knew, so it wasn’t new news to me, but I think it was very good to hear and see all the reactions of his teammates, but also from everywhere around the world, for what he has done for this football club and for football in general,” Slot said as quoted by Liverpool website.

“I’ve mainly seen this as a fan, so watching football, seeing him playing at Liverpool, doing all these special things that he’s done for this club. Of course, in the fixtures against [Manchester] City but in all the other fixtures as well. He broke record after record after record.

“Then I started working with him and already the first day I was impressed by his professionalism because as with any season, it starts with a test that shows how much they did in the off-season and he beat all of them.

“He was the fittest player that came back, and I think that’s the ideal situation that you want as a manager: that your star player comes back as fit as he did.”

Salah had nothing to prove

“He had nothing to prove, but for himself he had a lot to prove because Mo always thinks he has to prove something every three days. That hunger never stops and that is something that I find most special about him,” added Slot.

“So many good players around the world [and] he’s definitely one of them in the last 10 years, that everybody talks about being one of the best there is and was in the last 10 years.

“To show that hunger every three days, that professionalism, that commitment to the club, to the team, to wanting to score again, always wanting to play – when you take him out three minutes before the end, he’s like, ‘Maybe I could have scored one extra!’ – that is what stands out for me.

“Everything he’s done for the club, but the moment I started working with him I knew it after one day, let alone after a few weeks or months, that it isn’t a coincidence that he’s been so influential in the last 10 years in football.”

On when Liverpool plays their final league game at Anfield, Slot said: “Mo definitely deserves that the fans give him a great farewell. If they want to do it game after game after game,

“I’m completely fine with that, because it usually helps players if they get the help from the fans, but it would be perfect if it’s not only about Mo.”

Salah racked up most goals for Liverpool

Signed from AS Roma in the summer of 2017, Salah firmly established himself as one of the greatest players in Liverpool’s history, helping the club to two Premier League titles, the Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup and two League Cups, as well as an FA Community Shield.

Salah’s tally of 255 goals in 435 appearances to date has the Egyptian sitting third on the Reds’ all-time leading goalscorers chart, winning the Premier League Golden Boot on four occasions in addition to a host of personal accolades.

In 2024-25 campaign, Salah racked up the most goal involvements by a player in a 38-game Premier League season, with 29 goals and 18 assist.

He was named Premier League Player of the Month on seven occasions (November 2017, February 2018, March 2018, October 2021, October 2023, November 2024, February 2025), a record figure shared with Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane