Mohamed Salah was approached by a supporter during his summer holiday in Greece and asked to join Trabzonspor, but the former Liverpool forward offered no response and continued walking.
The brief exchange was captured on video and comes amid reports in Turkey that Salah is close to joining Trabzonspor on a free transfer. Several Turkish outlets claim the Egypt international is set to sign a two-year deal with the club.
In the footage, a fan can be heard calling on Salah to move to Trabzonspor. Salah does not answer the request and instead walks away from the encounter, giving no indication of his thoughts on the proposed move.
Despite the lack of a public response from the player, reports have continued to suggest that negotiations with Trabzonspor are progressing. One of the key terms under discussion is understood to involve Salah receiving 20% of the income generated from the sale of products bearing his name.
That clause was reportedly among the issues that contributed to the breakdown of talks between Salah and Besiktas. The two sides had reached agreement on most of the details of a potential contract, but the arrangement over commercial revenues was one of the matters that delayed the transfer.
Salah’s future has been the subject of considerable uncertainty in recent weeks. He was initially linked with a move to Besiktas, before those negotiations became more complicated. The Saudi Football Federation then made an offer to sign him, according to the reports, but Salah is said to have preferred a move to Turkey.
If the reported transfer to Trabzonspor is completed, the club would become the seventh team represented by Salah during his professional career.
The 33-year-old began in Egypt with El Mokawloon, before moving to Europe with Swiss club Basel. He subsequently played in Italy for Fiorentina and Roma, and later moved to England, where he represented Chelsea and Liverpool.
Salah’s time at Liverpool established him as one of the club’s leading attacking players, although the source report describes him as a former Liverpool star. His next destination remains the subject of continued speculation, with Trabzonspor currently presented as the leading possibility.
Neither Salah’s brief interaction with the supporter nor the reports from Turkey provide confirmation that an agreement has been completed. For now, the claims centre on a proposed two-year free transfer and the commercial terms attached to the deal, while the player himself has not publicly commented on the speculation.
