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Ex-Liverpool star Mohamed Salah linked with move to Turkiye’s Trabzonspor

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 440 words · By Reuters
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What to know about Ex-Liverpool star Mohamed Salah linked with move to Turkiye’s Trabzonspor

Mohamed Salah set to sign with Turkiye side Trabzonspor Turkiye club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign the Egyptian star forward.

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What happened

Mohamed Salah set to sign with Turkiye side Trabzonspor Turkiye club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign the Egyptian star forward.

Why it matters

Turkish top-tier side Trabzonspor have said they have begun transfer negotiations with Mohamed Salah, with the club chairman adding they hoped to sign the Egyptian forward later this week.

Common ground

“Negotiations have been launched to transfer professional footballer Mohamed Salah, who is in a free status, to our club,” the club said in a statement late on Tuesday on Turkiye’s public disclosure platform.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In the 2024-25 season, Salah scored 29 Premier League goals and provided 18 assists”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Salah recorded 29 goals and 18 assists in the 2024-25 Premier League season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed (; 27 January 1929 – 30 August 2023) was an Egyptian businessman. His residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s, and his busi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Al-Fayed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and captains the Egypt national team. He is wide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Salah
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it was called the Carling Golden Boot from 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot
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Claim 2: “He was named Premier League Player of the Season and won the Golden Boot and the Playmaker Award, becoming the first player to take all three in one campaign.”
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Multiple sources, including The National and Britannica, confirm he is the first player to win the Player of the Season, Golden Boot, and Playmaker Award in one campaign.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah capped off his incredible season by winning the Premier League Golden Boot and Playmaker of the Season awards as well as breaking the record for the most combined goals and assists in a …
https://www.espn.com/football/story/_/id/45297942/preload
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web search NEUTRAL — Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League’s Golden Boot for a record-equalling fourth time.Salah ended the 2024/25 Premier League campaign as the division’s top scorer after netti...
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/mohamed-salah-wins-record-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Salah enjoyed a record-breaking 2024/25 season, becoming the first player to win the Premier League's Player of the Season, Golden Boot and Playmaker Award simultaneously. "Negotiations have been laun…
https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2026/08/06/mo…
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Claim 3: “Salah left Liverpool this summer after nine years”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Mohamed Salah plays for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, and web results confirm he left Liverpool after nine years at the end of the 2025-26 season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 season was Liverpool Football Club's 133rd season in their history and their 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club als…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Liverpool_F.C._season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and captains the Egypt national team. He is wide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Salah
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mohamed Salah Christmas photos are a series of annual Christmas-themed family photographs posted by Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah on social media since 2019, which have generated recurring con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Salah_Christmas_photos
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Claim 4: ““Negotiations have been launched to transfer professional footballer Mohamed Salah, who is in a free status, to our club,” the club said in a statement late on Tuesday on Turkiye’s public disclosure platform.”
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The claim that Trabzonspor used the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) to announce negotiations and Salah's free status is reported by multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Milot Rashica (Albanian pronunciation: [ˈmilot ɾaˈʃitsa]; born 28 June 1996) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Kos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milot_Rashica
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzonspor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and is the vice-captain of the Nigeria national team. Describe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Osimhen
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Claim 5: “equalling the league record for most goal involvements in a single season and setting the record for a 38-game campaign.”
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Web results confirm that Salah broke the record for the most combined goals and assists in a 38-game season during the 2024-25 campaign.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah sets new LFC goalscoring record (англ.)↑ Mohamed Salah has hit the 20-goal mark in a Premier League season for the fifth time in his Liverpool career .
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мохаммед_Салах
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web search NEUTRAL — In his next two matches of the Champions League season, Haaland recorded a goal against Liverpool at Anfield and a further two against Napoli, becoming only the second teenager after Karim Benzema in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Haaland
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah has won the Golden Boot, the award for the Premier League's top scorer of the season, multiple times.During the 2017–18 season he set a club record of s…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohamed-Salah
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Claim 6: “Turkish top-tier side Trabzonspor have said they have begun transfer negotiations with Mohamed Salah”
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Multiple independent sources, including Daily Mail and other web results, confirm that Trabzonspor announced negotiations for Mohamed Salah.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzonspor
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web search NEUTRAL — All information about Trabzonspor (Süper Lig) current squad with market values transfers rumours player stats fixtures news
https://www.transfermarkt.com/trabzonspor/startseite/verein/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trabzonspor Kulübü Resmi Web Sitesi Untitled Page
http://www.trabzonspor.com/
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Claim 7: “Salah had been close to joining Istanbul club Besiktas, but the club’s football director, Onder Ozen, said negotiations had stalled over financial and image-rights demands”
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Claim 8: “he was left on the bench in Champions League games, leading to a public spat with Liverpool’s then-manager Arne Slot.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a public spat between Mohamed Salah and manager Arne Slot.
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Claim 9: “The 34-year-old started his career in Europe at Swiss side Basel in 2012 and later joined Chelsea.”
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Claim 10: “Salah was expected to arrive in Istanbul for medical checks on Wednesday and then head to Trabzon to sign with the Black Sea side.”
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Multiple sources (Fanatik, News18, and other web results) confirm Salah was scheduled for medical checks in Istanbul on Wednesday before heading to Trabzon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League was the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 31st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The 24 participating national teams were required to register a squad …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions. Since 1964, they have won fourteen European and Worldwide trophies, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C._in_internationa…
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Claim 11: “having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances, during which he won the English Premier League twice and the UEFA Champions League once.”
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Multiple sources, including Anadolu Ajansı and other web results, confirm the specific stats (257 goals in 442 appearances) and the trophies won (2 Premier Leagues, 1 Champions League).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season was Liverpool Football Club's 134th overall and their 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Liverpool_F.C._season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liverpool Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, An…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Liverpool_F.C._records…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and captains the Egypt national team. He is wide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Salah
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Claim 12: “His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific stats for the season prior to 2024-25.
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Claim 13: “Trabzonspor... finished third in the Super Lig last season and will enter the Europa League playoff round.”
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Claim 14: “He also had brief stints at Fiorentina and AS Roma between 2015 and 2017 before joining Liverpool.”
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