Mohamed Salah has announced his departure from Liverpool this summer, ending a nine-year stint at Anfield. The 33-year-old winger released an emotional video on Tuesday evening, confirming he will leave the club after scoring 189 goals and providing 92 assists since joining from Roma in June 2017. Salah won numerous trophies with the Reds, including two Premier League titles, the Champions League, an FA Cup and two League Cups.
In his farewell message, Salah paid tribute to his late teammate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash last July alongside his brother Andre. Jota, a Portuguese forward, was travelling back to Liverpool for pre-season training when the accident occurred in Zamora, Spain.
Salah referenced the tragedy in his announcement, saying: 'We celebrated victory, we won the most important trophies and we fought together through the hardest time in our life.' The Egyptian international had previously broken down in tears in front of the Kop End after Liverpool's 4-2 win against Bournemouth in the opening game of the season, as fans chanted Jota's name.
In a candid interview with the Men In Blazers Media Network in September, Salah explained the emotional moment: 'It was quite tricky for me because I didn't prepare myself for that. Usually, I clap for the fans after the game to tell them, like, thank you for coming for the game. But then once I stood in front of the Kop, they were singing for Diogo. Then my emotions came and in my mind (I was thinking about him). Then you just (try) to handle it. But then you can see, many people in a Kop also are like showing their emotions or what they feel. So then you start to break down a little bit.'
