Wed 05 August 2026:
Turkish football club Trabzonspor announced late Tuesday that it has officially begun talks to sign Egyptian star Mohamed Salah.
“Negotiations have begun over the transfer of professional soccer player Mohamed Salah, who is a free agent, to our club,” Trabzonspor said in a statement sent to the Istanbul Stock Exchange which was published on Türkiye’s Public Disclosure Platform.
Speaking to broadcaster A Spor shortly after the statement, Trabzonspor Chairman Ertugrul Dogan said that while the transfer was not yet complete, Salah was expected to arrive in Istanbul for medical checks on Wednesday and then head to Trabzon to sign with the Black Sea side.
He did not say when the contract would be signed, but said it would likely be on Thursday.
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In a separate statement, the club announced that Salah will be at Istanbul Atatürk Airport General Aviation Terminal at 12 pm local time (0900GMT) on Wednesday. He is also scheduled to arrive in Trabzon on the same day in the evening hours.
The 34-year-old announced in March that he would be leaving English Premier League club Liverpool FC at the end of the 2025-2026 season.
During his time there, Salah helped Liverpool win the UEFA Champions League, two Premier League titles, a FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup and two League Cup titles. He became Liverpool’s leading Premier League goalscorer and the highest-scoring foreign player in Premier League history while also establishing himself as the all-time leading African scorer in the UEFA Champions League.
His honors also extend to include two CAF African Footballer of the Year awards, two BBC African Footballer of the Year awards, numerous Premier League Golden Boots and repeated selections in FIFA and continental teams of the year.
Various unconfirmed media reports suggest that Salah is negotiating a two-year contract for a yearly salary of €17 million ($19.6 million).
Salah left Liverpool this summer after nine years, having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances, during which he won the English Premier League twice and the UEFA Champions League once.
In the 2024-25 season, Salah scored 29 Premier League goals and provided 18 assists, equalling the league record for most goal involvements in a single season and setting the record for a 38-game campaign.
He was named Premier League Player of the Season and won the Golden Boot and the Playmaker Award, becoming the first player to take all three in one campaign.
His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches, and he was left on the bench in Champions League games, leading to a public spat with Liverpool’s then-manager Arne Slot.
The 34-year-old started his career in Europe at Swiss side Basel in 2012 and later joined Chelsea. He also had brief stints at Fiorentina and AS Roma between 2015 and 2017 before joining Liverpool.
Trabzonspor, generally considered to be the fourth biggest team in Turkiye after Istanbul sides Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas, finished third in the Super Lig last season and will enter the Europa League playoff round.
Salah had been close to joining Istanbul club Besiktas, but the club’s football director, Onder Ozen, said negotiations had stalled over financial and image-rights demands, according to local media.
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