Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian forward, vividly recalls the most shocking moment during his playing career at his former English club, Liverpool.
On 8 Sep 2026 GMT+7, Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian forward now with Trabzonspor in Turkey's top league, recounted the most shocking moment from his time at Liverpool, the Premier League club in England—specifically, the announcement of Jürgen Klopp's departure as the team's manager.
Mohamed Salah described that shocking moment: "It was very strange. Normally, we don't have meetings at 10:30 a.m., and we train at noon. But the staff said there was a meeting at 10:30. I wondered why, as the manager and his agent were there. I thought maybe he was going to extend his contract because usually, we don't have meetings at that time."
"Five minutes before the meeting, someone asked me if I knew what it was about. I said no. He told me the manager was leaving the club. I was shocked and asked, 'Really? The manager is leaving? Are you serious?' He said yes. I asked why, but he didn't know. Then the manager came in, and everyone asked if he knew. He said no. Then he told us himself. I said, 'Okay.' It was a very strange day for us because nobody knew anything beforehand. There was no news in the media, and he didn't prepare us in advance. He just told us once."