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

Mohamed Salah is poised to trade Anfield for Jeddah after Liverpool agreed to rip up the final year of his deal, clearing the path for the 33-year-old to sign a record-shattering contract with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad worth an estimated £1.67 million a week.

The development represents a stunning reversal of fortune for the Egyptian forward, who only last week announced he would be leaving Liverpool when his current terms expire in 2025. Instead, the Reds have waived any transfer fee, allowing Salah to move immediately once the summer window opens and immediately quadruple his present £400,000-a-week salary before bonuses.

Al-Ittihad have spent the past six months engineering the necessary wage space to accommodate Salah. N’Golo Kanté and Karim Benzema were both moved on in January, while France winger Moussa Diaby is expected to join Inter Milan in the coming weeks. Those exits free the club’s wage structure for what Gazzetta dello Sport describes as “a whopping offer of €100 million as an annual salary for two seasons,” a figure that converts to roughly £87 million per year, or £238,000 every day.

Salah’s impending departure closes a glittering nine-year chapter on Merseyside in which he scored 255 goals and collected every major honour available at club level. Liverpool will relinquish any sell-on revenue, a decision taken after a season in which the winger’s form dipped below his own stratospheric standards.

Saudi clubs had previously balked at the £100 million valuation placed on Salah last January and at the £50 million fee mooted for 2026. By cancelling the remaining 12 months of his deal, Liverpool have effectively removed the last barrier to what would become the most lucrative annual salary in football history.

Al-Ittihad’s pursuit is as much sporting as symbolic: the Jeddah outfit view Salah, football’s most prominent Muslim star, as a cultural ambassador as well as a final-piece signing for a squad already bolstered by headline arrivals from Europe. The formal offer is expected to reach Salah’s representatives within days, with personal terms described as “a formality” once the player gives the green light.

Should he accept, Salah will more than quadruple his current £20 million gross Liverpool income and leapfrog Cristiano Ronaldo’s reported £173 million annual package at Al-Nassr, cementing the Saudi Pro League’s status as the sport’s financial powerhouse.

For Liverpool, the early release removes a sizeable wage commitment and grants clarity as the club reshapes an ageing forward line. For Salah, the decision is simpler: sign the deal and hit the jackpot.