Mohamed Salah's Career Crossroads: Future After Liverpool

Mohamed Salah stands at a crossroads. Not on the right flank at Anfield this time, but in his career.

The 34-year-old is officially a free agent after walking away from Liverpool at the end of last season, closing a nine-year spell that reshaped the club’s modern history. Third on the Reds’ all-time scoring list, a Champions League and Premier League winner, the face of an era – and now, suddenly, unattached.

On Tuesday, the stage was the World Cup rather than the Premier League, and the drama followed him there too. Lining up for Egypt, Salah watched his country let a 2-0 lead slip in the final 12 minutes against world champions Argentina, Enzo Fernández striking deep into stoppage time to complete a ruthless 3-2 turnaround. It was brutal, the kind of defeat that lingers.

For Salah, it also marked the end of a chapter. Egypt out, tournament over, and a future wide open.

Saudi millions, MLS calls

Into that uncertainty stepped Fabrizio Romano, lifting the lid on the conversations already circling around one of the game’s most marketable free agents.

“He has the possibility from Saudi [Arabia] because in Saudi they always wanted Mo Salah,” Romano said on his YouTube channel, underlining a pursuit that has been running in the background for years. “Already [for] two or three years, Mo Salah has been a top target.”

Saudi Pro League clubs have never hidden their admiration. Al-Ittihad tested Liverpool’s resolve with a £150m deadline-day bid three summers ago, a staggering offer that still fell short of prising him away from Anfield. Now, there is no transfer fee to negotiate. Only a contract, and a salary befitting a global superstar who earned around £400,000 per week in his final Liverpool deal.

The money in Saudi Arabia can meet that. Probably beat it. Comfortably.

But the Gulf is not the only direction tugging at Salah’s future.

“My understanding is that also from the MLS, some calls took place to understand the situation of Mo Salah, so MLS could be a possibility as well,” Romano added. “MLS, Saudi, let’s see what Salah decides, but after the World Cup there’s going to be time for him and his agent Ramy Abbas to decide the future.”

No firm offers, no signatures, no done deals. Just phone calls, interest, and a player suddenly free to choose any continent he likes.

Europe’s pull vs a new frontier

This is where the decision becomes more than just financial.

Saudi Arabia can offer staggering wages and a league growing in profile. MLS, with its expanding cast of stars and booming commercial pull, can hand Salah a different kind of stage, one that blends football with brand power and lifestyle.

Yet the question hangs in the air: is he really done with Europe?

At 34, some will see a forward edging towards the twilight of his career. But Salah has never carried himself like a player looking to fade gently into the background. His numbers at Liverpool remained elite deep into his thirties, his physical condition still the envy of younger teammates. There is every chance he feels he can continue at the sharp end of the European game and refuses to treat Saudi or MLS as a semi-retirement tour.

If he insists on Champions League football, the shortlist shrinks. So does the pool of clubs able to match or even approach his previous Liverpool salary. That financial reality will shape the next step as much as ambition and emotion.

Life after the No.11

For now, Salah steps away. Egypt’s World Cup exit will sting, and he is expected to take some time off before he and Ramy Abbas sit down to weigh up the offers that will surely harden into concrete proposals.

Back on Merseyside, the adjustment has already begun. Pre-season will start without the familiar sight of Salah hugging the right touchline in that number 11 shirt, cutting inside onto his left foot, dragging Liverpool out of trouble and into title races. The rhythm of Liverpool’s attack has revolved around him for nearly a decade; next season, it will sound very different.

Saudi riches, MLS spotlight, or one last European charge. Salah has spent nine years deciding matches. Now he has to decide his future.