Mohamed Salah Future: Liverpool Question Lingers Into World Cup

Mohamed Salah may have left Liverpool, yet somehow the story still refuses to behave like a clean break. At 33, with Egypt preparing for their opening World Cup match against Belgium in Spokane, Washington, Salah should be focused on football, legacy and one last grand international stage. Instead, his club future remains the subject circling every conversation.

That is hardly surprising. Salah’s final months at Liverpool were messy, public and emotionally loaded. The tension with Arne Slot, the uncertainty around the team’s direction, and the wider collapse of Liverpool’s 2025/26 season made his exit feel less like a farewell and more like an unresolved argument.

Now, with Andoni Iraola newly appointed as Liverpool head coach, the situation has taken on another layer. A player who appeared gone may not be quite as gone as everyone assumed.

Egyptian Claim Adds Fresh Twist

Egyptian goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shenawy has suggested Salah could yet remain at Anfield, claiming the prospect of leaving Liverpool has taken a toll on him.

“The prospect of leaving Liverpool has affected Mo psychologically, but the situation might change and he could still stay with the team. He even told me that he doesn’t know anything about his future yet.”

That is a significant line, not because it confirms anything, but because it reveals uncertainty. Football often works in absolutes from the outside, player leaves, agent negotiates, club moves on. Inside the process, things are rarely that tidy.

Salah’s connection with Liverpool has always gone beyond goals, trophies and numbers. He became a defining figure of the modern club, one of the few players whose departure changes not only a team sheet, but an entire emotional landscape.

World Cup Timing Shapes Decision

Salah himself has already made clear that the World Cup could act as the dividing line in his decision making.

“I am still watching, I have time now, I am going to the World Cup and then everything will be clear, but if there is a good opportunity before it I will decide, and if there is no one, I will make my decision after the World Cup.”

That is classic Salah pragmatism. He knows his market. He knows the power of timing. A strong World Cup with Egypt would not merely add another chapter to his career, it could reshape the financial and sporting offers available to him.

For Liverpool, the question is whether sentiment, strategy and squad planning can still meet in the same place. Iraola’s arrival brings a new voice, a new tactical framework and perhaps a new conversation. Whether that conversation includes Salah remains unclear.

Agent Message Warns Against Assumptions

Ramy Abbas Issa’s intervention also matters. Salah’s representative has reportedly urged caution around transfer leaks, warning fans to “beware” of the noise around his client’s future.

That suggests there is no neat agreement waiting in Saudi Arabia, Turkey or elsewhere. There may be interest, there may be offers, there may be conversations, but certainty appears absent.

For now, Mohamed Salah remains suspended between Liverpool history and World Cup possibility. He has left Anfield, yet the door has not been slammed shut in public. In football, that matters. Especially when the player involved is Salah, and the club involved is Liverpool.