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Mo Salah hits the jackpot: New contract worth £1.67m a week

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Mohamed Salah last week announced he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.The Egyptian King has scored 255 goals for the Reds to date - and has also swept the board for individual honou...

Mo Salah hits the jackpot: New contract worth £1. 67m a week Mohamed Salah last week announced he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. The Egyptian King has scored 255 goals for the Reds to date - and has also swept the board for individual honours over the last nine years.

More importantly he’s won everything there is to win in the club game - and Liverpool will be saying goodbye to one of their best players in history. The 33-year-old signed a new, two-year contract last season worth an estimated £400k per week before bonuses. In part that contract may have been designed to guarantee some transfer income if Salah’s levels dropped.

And this season that is exactly what has transpired - but Liverpool have nonetheless agreed to terminate the deal one year early. Al-Ittihad draw up Salah contract Saudi clubs - according to reports - thought they would have to pay £100m to land Salah last January and therefore stayed out of the race. Even ahead of the 2026 summer transfer window it was speculated that the Premier League champions would ask for £50m.

But now they have waived their right to a fee - and Salah is set to cash in on his next deal . Al-Ittihad cleared the decks for Salah’s arrival in January - getting rid of both N’Golo Kante and Karim Benzema . Another top earner in Moussa Diaby is set to depart in summer with Gazzetta dello Sport claiming the Frenchman could be heading to Inter.