en.malanginspirasi.com – Turkish club Trabzonspor are set to confirm the signing of Mohamed Salah as fans mobbed the Egypt captain on his arrival in Turkey, Wednesday August 5th.
Hundreds of fans gathered outside Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Wednesday as Salah emerged wearing Trabzonspor colors before engaging with the excited crowd.
The 34-year-old forward left Liverpool at the end of last season after nine years on Merseyside, scoring 257 goals.
It is unclear what Salah will earn at Trabzonspor, but as he is a free agent, the Super Lig club have been able to commit more of their budget towards his wages.
Salah, who has scored 50 Champions League goals, will play European football with Trabzonspor next season after they finished third, eight points behind champions Galatasaray.
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If they fail to progress to the league phase of the Europa League via the play-offs, they will drop down to the Conference League.
Nicknamed the Black Sea Storm, Trabzonspor have won seven league titles, six of which came between 1976 and 1984, before claiming their most recent success in 2022 to end a 38-year wait.
Based in the north-eastern city of Trabzon, they are one of only six teams to have won the Turkish Super Lig.
Salah’s signing will go down as the club’s biggest as he joins former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge and former Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe in donning the claret and sky blue shirt.
During his glittering time in England, the Egyptian helped Liverpool win two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Club World Cup, Uefa Super Cup, FA Cup, and two EFL Cups.
He won the Premier League Golden Boot on four occasions and was named the PFA player of the year three times—in 2018, 2022, and 2025.
However, despite scoring 29 goals and making 18 assists in Liverpool’s 2024-25 title-winning season, his minutes diminished the following campaign after a falling out with former Reds head coach Arne Slot.
Since announcing he would be leaving Liverpool a year before his two-year contract extension ended, the football world has been wondering about his next destination.
After a successful World Cup campaign where Egypt reached the round of 16, Salah was reported to be close to an agreement with Besiktas. With that deal breaking down reportedly because of finances, Salah reached an agreement instead with Trabzonspor.
The Turkish side took to social media to tease his arrival before confirming that negotiations had begun.
In the next day, Salah was giving surprising statement.
“Trabzon, are you ready? See you very soon,” he said in a video onboard a private jet and posted on social media.
Trabzonspor’s flight tracking came in handy as a massive amount of fans gathered outside the airport to welcome Salah.
They greeted him like a movie star because he is not only one of sport’s biggest global stars, but this transfer is huge for Trabzonspor.
This squad also includes on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana and Cape Verde’s World Cup stars Wagner Pina and Sidny Lopes Cabral.
