Thank You Mo Salah, Goodbye Liverpool

Woke up this morning to the news I think many of us knew was coming -- Mohamed Salah will be leaving Liverpool FC at the end of the 2025/26 season.

And yet... I didn’t feel shocked. Maybe because part of me had already said goodbye months ago, expecting it to happen during the January window.

What I did feel, though, was something heavier -- a quiet disappointment that’s been building all season. It’s hard to understand how a player who just helped deliver another Premier League title, while still producing extraordinary numbers, could be treated the way he has.

What makes it even harder to accept is the level of vitriol that’s been directed at him this season. Yes, by his own incredibly high standards, it may not have been his best year -- but to see Salah subjected to constant criticism, name-calling, and disrespect over a relatively below-par run is deeply unfair. This is a player who has carried the club for years, who has delivered time and again when it mattered most. To reduce all of that to a few difficult months feels not just harsh, but completely devoid of perspective and gratitude.

If anything, this past year has slowly changed how I see the club. I never imagined I’d feel this disconnected from something I’ve supported all my life. But watching how Salah has been handled -- by both the club and sections of the fanbase -- made that distance grow, week by week.

Eight incredible seasons. Relentless consistency. Total commitment. And yet, it somehow led to this.

It makes you question things. Is this really what supporting this club has become? Because even through the long, painful decades without a league title, I don’t remember a player being treated like this.

So yes, there’s sadness -- but also, strangely, a sense of closure. Salah leaving feels like the final chapter, not just for him, but for my own journey with the club.

That said, the memories will always stay. From the early days of following the team, to standing at Anfield, to witnessing that unforgettable Champions League trophy parade in 2019 --- those moments are part of me.

I’ll still go back to the classics. Watching Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard, Ian Rush, and of course Salah, doing what they did best. I’ll revisit the stories, the matches, the history I’ve held onto for so long.

But that’s what it will be now -- history.

As for Salah... thank you. For the goals, the magic, the consistency, and the humility. A true legend of the game and an even better human being.

I genuinely believe we won’t see another like you -- not just in what you did on the pitch, but in who you were off it.