Fan-recorded footage reveals what Mohamed Salah did at full-time just moments before his explosive post-match interview.
Mohamed Salah’s explosive post-match interview after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds United has dominated headlines, but newly surfaced fan footage suggests he may have already made up his mind long before speaking to the media.
A clip circulating widely on X shows Salah walking toward the away section and appearing to bid farewell to the travelling supporters.
While most attention has been on his verbal blast at the club’s hierarchy, this silent moment adds emotional weight to the situation — indicating his comments were not a spur-of-the-moment outburst, but a deliberate decision.
Salah appeared to say goodbye to the away fans
The video, filmed by supporter Chloe Bloxam just after the final whistle, shows Salah — who didn’t feature at all during the match — heading straight toward the Liverpool fans while his teammates walked off dejectedly.
In the footage, Salah stands alone, looking up at the away end before raising both hands in a slow, drawn-out wave. It wasn’t the usual quick applause players give after a match; it felt more like a farewell.
Supporters online immediately picked up the tone. One fan noted, “That’s not a ‘thanks for coming’ wave, that’s a ‘thank you for everything’ wave.”
His calm, reflective body language mirrors the explosive interview that followed, where he said he had been “thrown under the bus,” claimed he has no relationship with Arne Slot, and suggested someone within the club is trying to force him out.
The footage strongly hints that Salah already believed his time at Liverpool was nearing an end.
Is Brighton set to be Salah’s final Liverpool game?
The viral clip adds weight to Salah’s remarks about Liverpool’s next fixture. In his interview he said, “I told my mum: ‘Come to the Brighton match… it’ll be my farewell before I go to the Africa Cup of Nations.’”
Liverpool host Brighton at Anfield next weekend — their final match before Salah leaves for AFCON duty on December 15. With the January window set to open while he is away, and the club reportedly furious and demanding a public apology, that Brighton game is increasingly shaping up to be his last in a red shirt.
If Liverpool decide to move him on in January or if the relationship with Slot is deemed irreparable, Salah might not play for the club again after next weekend.
That wave at Elland Road may ultimately be remembered as the moment the end became inevitable — the beginning of the final chapter for the Egyptian King at Liverpool.
