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Ex-Liverpool star Salah arrives in Turkiye before move to Trabzonspor

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 490 words · By Reuters
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What to know about Ex-Liverpool star Salah arrives in Turkiye before move to Trabzonspor

Ex-Liverpool star Salah arrives in Turkiye before move to Trabzonspor Egypt forward Mohamed Salah landed in Istanbul on Wednesday to complete his move to Turkiye club Trabzonspor.

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What happened

Ex-Liverpool star Salah arrives in Turkiye before move to Trabzonspor Egypt forward Mohamed Salah landed in Istanbul on Wednesday to complete his move to Turkiye club Trabzonspor.

Why it matters

Mohamed Salah arrived at an Istanbul airport on Wednesday, smiling and wearing Trabzonspor’s burgundy and blue kit before his expected move to the Turkish top-tier side, as hundreds of fans jostled to get a glimpse of the Egyptian forward.

Common ground

Trabzonspor announced a day earlier they were in negotiations with Salah, who left Liverpool at the end of last season, and club chairman Ertugrul Dogan said they expected to sign the 34-year-old on a free transfer at a ceremony in the Black Sea city on…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “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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The claim regarding a public spat with Arne Slot is only reported by Al Jazeera in the provided evidence.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — he was left on the bench in Champions League games, leading to a public spat with Liverpool’s then-manager Arne Slot.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/5/salah-in-with-trab…
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Claim 2: “In the 2024-25 season, Salah scored 29 Premier League goals and provided 18 assists”
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Al Jazeera and multiple web sources confirm the 2024-25 season stats of 29 goals and 18 assists.
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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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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 — 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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Claim 3: “Salah, who left Liverpool at the end of last season”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Mohamed Salah now plays for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, confirming he is no longer at Liverpool.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flight English football overall. Manchester City entered the season as four-time defending champions, b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Premier_League
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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: “Egypt forward Mohamed Salah landed in Istanbul on Wednesday to complete his move to Turkiye club Trabzonspor.”
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Multiple independent web sources (LEAP, Gamereactor, and others) confirm Salah's arrival in Istanbul to negotiate/complete his move to Trabzonspor.
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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 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_UEFA_Champions_League
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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 5: “Salah spent nine years at Liverpool, scoring 257 goals in 442 appearances and winning the Premier League twice and the Champions League once.”
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Three independent web sources (Al Jazeera and two others) provide the exact statistics: 9 years, 257 goals, 442 appearances, 2 Premier Leagues, and 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 6: “club chairman Ertugrul Dogan said they expected to sign the 34-year-old on a free transfer at a ceremony in the Black Sea city on Thursday.”
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LEAP and Gamereactor both cite Chairman Ertugrul Dogan regarding the age (34), the free transfer status, and the Thursday signing ceremony.
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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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web search NEUTRAL — Trabzonspor Chairman Ertugrul Dogan added to A Spor (via Al Jazeera) that Salah will undergo medical checks and then he is expected to sign for the club, likely on Thursday.
https://www.gamereactor.eu/mohamed-salah-will-arrive-today-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trabzonspor chairman Ertuğrul Doğan said the club expects to sign the 34-year-old forward on a free transfer — meaning no transfer fee paid to Liverpool, Al Jazeera writes. The signing ceremony is sch…
https://leap.uz/en/2026/08/05/salah-arrives-turkey-trabzonsp…
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Claim 7: “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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While Al Jazeera reports this specific record for the 2024-25 season, other sources (like Britannica) discuss his 2017-18 records, and no other independent source confirms the 2024-25 record specifically.
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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 …
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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 8: “Trabzonspor announced a day earlier they were in negotiations with Salah”
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The claim is corroborated by Al Jazeera and multiple web search results stating Trabzonspor announced negotiations on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed Salah, who is a free agent after he and Liverpool mutually agreed to terminate his contract early, has begun negotiations with Trabzonspor, the Turkish side announced on Tuesday. The club adde…
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/trabzonspor-announce…
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish top-tier side Trabzonspor said on Tuesday they have begun transfer negotiations with Mohamed Salah, with the club chairman adding they hoped to sign the Egyptian forward later this week.
https://www.flashscore.com/news/trabzonspor-announce-they-ar…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Super Lig club announced on Tuesday evening they are in negotiations with the former Liverpool star, now a free agent.TURKISH SÜPER LIG side Trabzonspor have announced they have entered talks to s…
https://www.the42.ie/mohamed-salah-turkey-trabzonspor-712175…
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Claim 9: “Trabzonspor... finished third in the Super Lig last season and will enter the Europa League playoff round.”
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Claim 10: “The club’s last league championship was in the 2021-22 season.”
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Claim 11: “Salah started his career in Europe at Swiss side Basel in 2012 and later joined Chelsea.”
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Claim 12: “Salah had been close to joining Besiktas, but negotiations had stalled over financial and image-rights demands”
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Claim 13: “His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/5/salah-in-with-trab…
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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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Claim 15: “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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Both Al Jazeera and Britannica confirm that Salah won the Golden Boot, Player of the Season, and Playmaker of the Season in a single campaign (2024-25).
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad[a] (c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious, military, and political leader, and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islam, he was the final prophet of God who was divinely in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad is mentioned by name four times in the Quran. [19] The Quran reveals little about Muhammad's early life or other biographic details, but it talks about his prophetic mission, his moral excell…
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّدٌ; 570 – 8 June 632) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader, best known as the founder of Islam. Islamic teachings say Muhammad was a prophet who God inspired to…
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