Mohamed Salah's Future: Agent Provides Update on Next Move
Ramy Abbas Issa rarely speaks without purpose. When he does, people in football tend to listen.
This week, Mohamed Salah’s long-time representative stepped out from the usual silence to offer the clearest indication yet that the former Liverpool forward is close to resolving his future.
“We still do not know where Mohamed will play next season but we may know very soon,” Abbas posted on social media, a line carefully chosen and just revealing enough to send the transfer market into another spin.
Salah’s next move edging closer
Salah walked away from Anfield in the summer, ending a glittering nine-year spell a year earlier than planned after reaching a mutual agreement with Liverpool to terminate his contract and allow him to leave on a free transfer.
Since then, the question has followed him everywhere: what comes after Liverpool?
The 32-year-old, who helped Egypt reach the last 16 at the World Cup, has been at the centre of intense speculation. Saudi Pro League giants Al-Hilal have been widely viewed as the leading contenders, with their financial muscle and recent recruitment drive putting them at the front of the queue. MLS clubs in the United States have also registered interest, while Turkish heavyweights Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas are monitoring the situation.
Abbas, though, made it clear that any talks are highly selective.
“It is not our style to have discussions with clubs that Mohamed wouldn’t want to play for, just for the sake of noise,” he wrote, a pointed reminder that not every rumour deserves oxygen.
A controlled message amid the noise
This is not the first time Salah’s agent has tried to steady the narrative.
On May 24, only hours after Salah had pulled on a Liverpool shirt for the 442nd and final time, Abbas moved to shut down the swirl of reports around his client.
“We do not know where Mohamed will play next season,” he said then. “This also means that no one else knows. Beware of the click-w****** attention seekers.”
The message was blunt. No leaks. No guessing games. No one outside the inner circle truly in the loop.
On June 12, he doubled down on that stance, stressing the pair’s preference for privacy.
“Mohamed is doing perfectly fine and neither he nor I prefer to discuss sensitive future plans with people not involved in them,” Abbas wrote. “Both he and I are very private about these things. Yes, people may ask and they may get a standard polite response but that’s about it.”
The pattern is clear: control the story, reveal almost nothing, then, when the time is right, hint that a decision is close.
A global chase for a global star
Salah’s availability on a free transfer has created a rare scenario: one of the game’s most prolific forwards of the last decade on the market without a fee.
Al-Hilal’s interest fits the Saudi project’s profile. MLS clubs see a marquee name who could shift the dial in North America. The Turkish trio see a transformational figure who could tilt a title race and electrify a fanbase.
Yet Abbas’ latest comments suggest the list of genuine contenders is shorter than the headlines imply. There will be no courtesy meetings, no tours of training grounds just to stir speculation. If a club is in the conversation, it is because Salah is at least willing to imagine himself in their shirt.
For now, the destination remains under wraps. The timing, though, no longer feels distant. With his agent finally hinting that clarity is “very soon”, the next chapter of Salah’s career is moving from theory to decision – and the clubs chasing him know the window to convince him is closing fast.
