'I can play until I'm 40' - Salah won't rule out Middle East move

Liverpool player Mohamed Salah poses with the Premier League winner's medal at the end of the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace in Liverpool, Britain, 25 May 2025. EPA/PETER POWELL

by Austin Ditlhobolo

Thursday May 29, 2025. 15:00

Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah believes he can play at a high level until the age of 40 after inspiring Liverpool FC to the English Premier League title.

The 32-year-old had a fantastic season with the Reds, scoring 29 goals and delivering 18 assists as the Reds clinched a record-equaling 20th English league title.

“I will stop playing when I have that feeling,” Salah, who has netted 60 goals in 106 caps for Egypt, said on ON Sports.

“If you ask me for my opinion, I think I can play until the age of 39 or 40 but if I felt before that I wanted to stop, I would quit. I have achieved a lot of things.

“My contract was up at Liverpool and I would have gone to Saudi but we finalised the deal with Liverpool.”

The world-class winger, who is contracted to the Merseyside giants until June 2027, won’t rule out a future move to the Middle East, having been linked with Saudi Arabian clubs over the years.

“I still have a good relationship with them and I always stay in contact with them. Yes, we were talking to each other,” he added.

“I don’t know what is going to happen but I am happy here in Liverpool and I am staying here for the next two years. Then I will see what I will do next.”