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Salah Leaves Liverpool in 2026, Rooney Cites Van Dijk Decline

5/1/2026

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Mohamed Salah (forward) will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025-2026 season after nine years.
This season he has seven league goals and six assists, his first without double-digit league goals.
Wayne Rooney said hardest thing for a player is realizing they are no longer at their previous level and noted that Virgil van Dijk has declined this season, though he does not expect him to leave.

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Mohamed Salah (forward) will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025-2026 season after nine years.
This season he has seven league goals and six assists, his first without double-digit league goals.
Wayne Rooney said hardest thing for a player is realizing they are no longer at their previous level and noted that Virgil van Dijk has declined this season, though he does not expect him to leave.