As Mohamed Salah’s scorched earth interview after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds United dominated the back pages, new fan footage has emerged suggesting the Egyptian king had already made up his mind before a single microphone was placed in his face.
The clip, which has gone viral on social media platform X, shows Salah walking towards the away supporters and appearing to say goodbye to them.
While headlines have focused on his verbal attack on the club’s hierarchy, this silent gesture provides the emotional context that confirms his subsequent comments were not a fluke, but a calculated one.
Mohamed Salah may have bid farewell to away fans
The video, uploaded by Chloe Bloxam, was filmed immediately after the final whistle.
As his teammates left the field disappointed by Leeds’ late equalizer, Salah, who had been an unused substitute for the entire 90 minutes, made a point of heading towards the section housing the traveling Liverpool support.
In the footage, Salah is seen alone, looking outwards. He raises both hands in a prolonged and deliberate gesture.
Unlike the usual applause players offer their fans after a match, this gesture seemed surprisingly somber and lingering. He didn’t just acknowledge their support; he seemed to savor it.
Fans on social media were quick to understand the significance. “It’s not a wave of ‘thanks for coming,’ it’s a wave of ‘thanks for everything’,” one user commented.
The slow, deliberate and emotional body language lines up perfectly with the bombshell he dropped just minutes later, where he claimed he had been “thrown under the bus” and that his relationship with manager Arne Slot had gone to zero. He also said that there was someone at the club who was trying to force him to leave the club.
The footage suggests that when Salah stood in front of those fans, he had already accepted that his time at the club was coming to an untimely end.
?? Mo Salah’s reaction to LFC fans away at Elland Road after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds in the Premier League. @TheRedmenTV #lfcfans #liverpoolfc #lfc #lfcfamily #mosalah #salah #liverpoolfans #arneslot #premierleague #sport pic.twitter.com/wLRRL64pIT
– Chloe Bloxam (@ChloeBloxam) December 6, 2025
Could the Brighton game be his last game for Liverpool?
The viral footage adds a layer of dark finality to Salah’s specific comments regarding Liverpool’s upcoming match.
During his interview, he explicitly stated: “I called my mother yesterday…I said, ‘Come to the Brighton game, it doesn’t matter if I play or not.’ The match will take place at Anfield, so it will be my farewell before going to the Africa Cup of Nations. We’ll see what happens.
The timeline makes this increasingly likely. Liverpool face Brighton at Anfield next weekend, which will be the last match before Salah leaves for the AFCON on December 15.
With the January transfer window opening while he is on international duty and reports circulating that Liverpool are “furious” and demanding an apology, the Brighton game is shaping up to be his swan song.
If the hierarchy decides to take advantage of him in January, or if the relationship with Slot is deemed unrecoverable, Salah may never wear the red shirt again after next Saturday.
The Elland Road wave may well go down in history as the moment when reality set in: the reign of the Egyptian king was over.
