Mohamed Salah has actually currently chosen to leave Liverpool at the end of the season, according to Graeme Souness.

This follows the forward sustained speculation on his future following the Reds’ 3-0 demolition of Manchester United, where he appeared to mean this season being his last at Anfield.

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Salah delighted in a fine Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford, helping Luis Diaz two times in the very first half before sealing the 3 points with an objective of his own on 56 minutes.

But it was his remarks after the match which triggered the most significant stir, as he appeared to recommend that he will leave the club when his existing agreement ends next summer season.

Speaking to Sky Sports later on, the 32-year-old stated: “I had a good summer, I had a long time to work on myself and think positively because, as you know, this is my last year at the club.

“I simply wish to enjoy it, and I do not wish to consider it. I do not hesitate to play football, and we’ll see what takes place next year.

“I was coming to the game, I was saying, ‘Look, it could be the last time’. Nobody in the club talked to me yet about contracts so I was just like, ‘Okay, I play my last season and see at the end of the season’.”

Salah’s unforeseen discovery came as a shock to numerous, however triggered experts to hypothesize whether the Egyptian had actually been speaking actually by specifying that this was merely the last year of his existing agreement.

But previous Reds captain Souness thinks that his option of words was no error, and recommended that Salah has actually most likely chosen his future far from the club when his offer ends.

Joining Jim White and Simon Jordan on talkSPORT, he stated: “Me, I actually think he’s made his mind up. I think he’s got something lined up.”

He went on: “Yeah, looking at it, I think that came out not the way he wanted it, because I think he tried to recover from it further in the interview on Sky yesterday.”

Souness then hypothesized on Salah’s inspiration to move somewhere else, with Saudi Arabia a most likely location.

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He continued: “You know, you’ve got to factor in his family as well. His wife might want to go to Saudi Arabia. He might want to take his kids back to an Arab speaking country.

“These are things we can’t answer.”

And while Jordan admitted he also expects Salah to depart at the end of the season, he appeared to cast doubt over his suggestion that no talks had been held over a new contract at the club.

He stated: “I mean, ultimately, I’m assuming that his representative will have had conversations, whether he had a direct conversation is a different matter. And people can play on words.

“I always assumed that he would go to Saudi Arabia.”

Jordan also pointed out that Salah’s age means that Liverpool will have to prepare for life without their talisman at some point in the near future, regardless of when he eventually decides to go.

He added: “I look at it and say there’s eventually going to be a time that Liverpool move on post Salah.

“Now, whether that’s this year or whether it’s another year, Liverpool as a football club will continue to evolve and will continue to be successful.

Meanwhile, Souness discussed other possible destinations for the attacker should he leave Merseyside next summer, and teased a potentially sensational move for the star.

He pondered: “It would be nigh on impossible for him not to have had offers from the big guys in Saudi Arabia.

“Would Real Madrid take him for a couple of years?

“I mean, that’s not an area they need to strengthen. But I mean, he’s been that good in his time at Liverpool. Anyone would take him.”

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