Ismail Jakobs (R) of Galatasaray in action against Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st leg match Galatasaray SK against Liverpool FC, in Istanbul, Turkey, 10 March 2026. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU
Wednesday Mar 11, 2026. 11:00
Former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann believes that Mohamed Salah’s best days are behind him while the Egyptian star continues to be linked with a move away from Merseyside.
Amid struggling to recapture the form that turned Salah into one of Europe’s deadliest forwards, the 33-year-old has scored nine and assisted eight times in 32 games across the board during the 2025/26 campaign.
While Salah played a secondary role in Arne Slot’s starting line-up earlier this season, the former Chelsea attacker has seen an increase in game time in the last couple of months but with very little impact.
According to Hamann, Salah lacks the cutting edge, among many other Liverpool stars.
“They’re all struggling, and the issue with Mohamed Salah is that, in the form he’s been in over the last decade, he didn’t just score and create goals, he created space for others,” ,” Hamman said to BOYLE Sports, as per GOAL.
“I think they all benefited from that, and that’s gone now because Salah isn’t the force he once was. He scored his first league goal since November or something against Wolves.
“Mohamed Salah has struggled since the Christmas before last. He struggled to score goals from open play, and that hasn’t changed, it won’t change.
“He might get the odd goal, but he certainly doesn’t have the influence he used to have on Liverpool. Hopefully, we’ll see a little cameo over the last nine or 10 games to get Liverpool into the top five. But I think his best days are behind him.”