Mohamed Salah's Potential Move to MLS: Fans Dream Big
Lionel Messi changed the temperature of Major League Soccer the moment he landed in Miami. Since then, the league has become a magnet for ageing European stars looking for one last stage, one last roar. Now, another giant of the modern game is being dragged into that conversation: Mohamed Salah.
The former Liverpool winger has walked away from Anfield this summer with a year still left on his deal, closing the book on one of the Premier League’s most devastating attacking eras. He has just come off the back of the 2026 World Cup with Egypt, and at 30-plus, he is openly in the market for his next adventure.
Turkey has been floated as a possible destination. That felt plausible enough. But a new current is gathering pace online: talk that Salah is in negotiations with an unnamed MLS club.
No club badge. No leaked shirt photos. Just a rumour – and a fanbase ready to run with it.
Social media lights up
The reaction from MLS supporters has been instant and loud. One fan cut straight to the point, calling the idea of Salah crossing the Atlantic “insane” before repeating it for emphasis: “That would be insane.”
Another supporter looked beyond the headlines and into the league’s long-term growth, hoping Salah would avoid the obvious glamour markets: “That would be amazing, hopefully to a smaller market team to grow the sport.”
The spectre of Inter Miami, of course, looms over any superstar link to MLS. Messi is there. Luis Suarez is there. The club has become the league’s super-team in the popular imagination. Not everyone wants to see that story repeated.
“Salah would be an interesting signing, let's all hope it is not Inter Miami, they have enough good attackers; they need to stop,” one fan wrote, voicing a sentiment shared by neutrals who want competitive balance as much as box-office names.
The scale of the potential move is not lost on anyone. Another fan simply called it: “That would be mega massive for MLS. Let's go.”
Where would Salah fit?
Speculation, naturally, has turned to possible landing spots.
One supporter wondered aloud if LAFC might be the most logical destination, asking: “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.” It is exactly the type of question MLS executives would love to hear asked about their competition: not just “Will he come?” but “Which contender gets him?”
Others let their imagination drift even further. “Wow, Mo Salah joining LeBron in Philly,” another fan wrote, blending sporting worlds and hinting at the crossover star power a player like Salah would bring to any American city, whether or not a local NBA legend is actually involved.
The theme running through it all is clear: if Salah lands in MLS, the league’s global profile spikes again. “It would be huge for MLS if Mohamed Salah would come to an MLS team,” read another post, summing up the mood in a single line.
Silence from Salah’s camp
For now, though, the noise is all on the outside. Salah himself has not publicly addressed where he will play next season or how close he is to making a decision.
His agent, usually a reliable barometer of the winger’s intentions, has offered only a teasing dose of honesty. In a tweet dated July 17, he wrote: “I personally do not know where Mohamed will play next season. What does that tell you?”
It tells you the race is open. It tells you no league, not even MLS, can yet claim him. It tells you that for all the talk, the next move of one of modern football’s great forwards remains one of the summer’s most intriguing unanswered questions.
If MLS really is in the running, the league that welcomed Messi might be about to test its pulling power all over again.
