Trabzonspor have officially confirmed they are in negotiations to sign Mohamed Salah. Not rumours. Not agent noise. A formal statement filed to the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
"Negotiations have begun over the transfer of professional soccer player Mohamed Salah, who is a free agent, to our club," the Black Sea club announced Tuesday night. That's about as unambiguous as it gets.
What Salah is reportedly being offered
Salah, 34, confirmed back in March that he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the 2025-26 season. Various reports suggest he's being courted on a two-year deal worth €17 million per year — roughly $19.6 million annually. For context, that's a wage bill that would dwarf anything Trabzonspor, or the Turkish Süper Lig as a whole, has ever taken on for a single player.
Which raises the obvious question: is this realistic, or is it a statement of intent from a club that wants the world to know they're swinging big?
Trabzonspor are a serious club with genuine Champions League history, but they're not Bayern Munich. Pulling off a deal at this salary level would require either significant external financing or a Salah willing to trade elite-level wages for something else — legacy, a new challenge, or a final payday structured differently than the reports suggest.
What it means for the market
Salah leaving Liverpool is already one of the defining transfer stories of the summer. Every club that enters formal talks shifts his destination odds, and Trabzonspor's exchange filing is about as formal as it gets. That makes this more than background noise — it's a live negotiation.
Whether Trabzonspor can actually close it is another matter entirely. But they've started the conversation, and they've done it in public. The next move is Salah's.
