Rooney: ‘Salah might leave in January’

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool looks on during the English Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Manchester United, in Liverpool, Britain, 19 October 2025. EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN

by Staff Reporter

Wednesday Oct 22, 2025. 11:00

Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney caused a stir in English football media recently by suggesting that Liverpool and Egypt talisman Mohamed Salah could leave the Reds as early as the January transfer window.

Salah has long been linked with a move to the growing Saudi Pro League, while he continues to struggle in front of goal during the early stages of the 2025/26 football campaign.

According to Rooney, the pressure to perform could well have taken its toll on Salah and mentioned that he wouldn’t be surprised if the African star leaves the club in the very near future.

“I just think Salah has played a lot of games over the last few years, and he’s been the main man, and he’s carried that pressure,” he said on BBC’s Wayne Rooney Show, as per the Sun.

“And you’re probably in the top five great Premier League players, in my opinion. I think it looked like it maybe caught up a little bit with him.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if in January, or maybe next summer, if he does leave the club.

“Sometimes you don’t want to admit it but the next thing you know, you’re gone.”