Rousing the Kop

Report: The two players Liverpool believe are 'the future' of the club as Mo Salah prepares to leave

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Mohamed Salah will leave at the end of the 2025-26 season, so Liverpool no longer have the option of treating succession planning as a problem for another day. The sharper point is that the club’s biggest attacking decisions already hinted at the answer, because the arrivals of Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak look less like isolated deals and more like the framework for the side that follows him.The Daily Mail now report that the Merseyside outfit see both players as ‘the future’ of the club.



Is Mohamed Salah Liverpool’s greatest EVER player? Nine years of sheer brilliance are coming to an end… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Stuart Franklin – UEFA/Michael Regan Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak are Liverpool’s futureNow that Salah’s departure has been confirmed, every major decision in attack has to be viewed through a different lens.

They are no longer just expensive additions to support an established superstar, but moves that now look like the first clear steps into a post-Salah era.That is why the idea of Liverpool seeing two players as the future carries real weight. Players of that quality and profile are signed to change the level of a team, not simply to add depth.Salah’s departure leaves more than goals behind.