MLS Buzz Grows Around Mohamed Salah's Next Move After Liverpool Exit

Major League Soccer has grown used to welcoming European royalty in the twilight of their careers. Zlatan Ibrahimović, Thierry Henry, David Beckham himself – all big enough names in their own right. Then Lionel Messi arrived and changed the scale of the conversation entirely.

Now the league’s next fantasy signing has a name and a history of his own: Mohamed Salah.

The former Liverpool winger, fresh from leaving Anfield with a year still left on his contract, is searching for his next chapter after featuring for Egypt at the 2026 World Cup. His destination remains unknown, but the rumour mill has fixed on one possibility: a move across the Atlantic.

From Anfield legend to MLS target?

Salah’s departure from Liverpool this summer closed one of the Premier League’s great modern stories. Goals, trophies, iconic nights under the lights – he leaves as a club legend, but also as an ageing forward now choosing where to spend the final prime years of his career.

Talk of a switch to Turkey surfaced early. That path remains open. Yet the latest wave of speculation places him in MLS, with reports suggesting he is in talks with an unnamed club in North America.

No badge. No city. No confirmation. Just a name big enough to set an entire league talking.

Fans light up social media

The reaction online has been instant and loud.

“That would be insane,” one fan wrote, capturing the sense of disbelief that MLS could tempt another global star of Salah’s stature.

Another supporter looked beyond the headline and towards the bigger picture for the league: “That would be amazing, hopefully to a smaller market team to grow the sport.” The idea is clear – don’t just stack the glamour markets, spread the stardust.

Not everyone wants to see the usual suspects involved. “Salah would be an interesting signing, let’s all hope it is not Inter Miami, they have enough good attackers; they need to stop,” came one pointed comment. Messi, Luis Suárez and company have already turned the Beckham-backed club into a magnet for ageing greats. Some fans want the balance of power shifted elsewhere.

Others simply see the scale of the opportunity. “That would be mega massive for MLS. Let’s go,” another reply read, summing up how transformative such a move could be for the league’s global profile.

The guessing game has begun as well. “Is LAFC the best fit for him? I think it’d be a coup for the league if they get him to one of their best teams,” one fan asked, name-checking a club already established among MLS’s elite.

There was room, too, for a bit of cross-sport imagination. “Wow, Mo Salah joining LeBron in Philly,” another user joked, folding the rumour into the broader American sports landscape, even without any concrete link to a Philadelphia franchise.

“It would be huge for MLS if Mohamed Salah would come to an MLS team,” another comment added, stripping it down to the core truth: this would be a landmark move, whoever gets him.

Silence from Salah, mystery from his camp

For all the noise, one voice has stayed notably quiet – Salah’s.

At the time of writing, the forward has not spoken publicly about his next club or his preferred destination. No farewell tour announcement, no teasing interview, no cryptic post hinting at a new city.

His agent has only added to the intrigue. In a tweet on July 17, he wrote: “I personally do not know where Mohamed will play next season. What does that tell you?” A line that keeps every option open and every club guessing.

So the picture remains the same: a superstar out of contract, a league hungry for another headline act, and a swirl of rumours with no clear resolution yet.

MLS has already rewritten its own ceiling with Messi and the Inter Miami project. If Salah follows him across the Atlantic, the question won’t be whether the league is a retirement home or a spectacle.

It will be how far, and how fast, it can grow with yet another global icon on its stage.