Mohamed Salah to earn upwards of £14.5m per season in two-year Trabzonspor deal

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Mohamed Salah has signed a two-year deal with Trabzonspor, ⁠during which the Egypt forward will receive €17m (£14.5m) a season, the Turkish club ⁠said on Thursday.The ⁠announcement came ​as Trabzonspor fans prepared to head for the club’s stadium in the eastern Black Sea city ⁠for a ceremony to mark the 34-year-old’s former Liverpool player’s signing on a free transfer the day after ⁠a smiling Salah arrived in Istanbul in the team’s kit.The club’s statement to ‌the Turkish stock ‌exchange said Salah will receive a 20% share from products sold ‌under his name, plus conditional bonuses each season. The statement did not say how high the bonuses could go and what the bonuses are tied to.Salah left Liverpool in the close season after nine years, having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances while winning the Premier League twice and the Champions League.

His output waned last season and he was left ​on the bench in European games, leading to a public spat with Liverpool’s then manager Arne Slot.Trabzonspor – generally considered to ​be the fourth-biggest team in Turkey after Istanbul sides ​Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and ‌Besiktas – finished ​third in the ​Super Lig last season to qualify for the Europa League playoff round.The club’s last domestic league championship was in the 2021-22 season.