Mohamed Salah, one of the most decorated forwards of his generation, has reportedly reached a verbal agreement to join Turkish Super Lig club Beşiktaş on a one-year free agent deal worth approximately €10 million in annual salary. And the crypto market noticed before the ink was even dry.
The 34-year-old Egyptian star left Liverpool after a nine-year stint that cemented his legacy at Anfield. Now, as negotiations with Beşiktaş progress, a Solana-based memecoin bearing his name has become one of the more interesting side plots in what is otherwise a straightforward football transfer story.
The deal taking shape in Istanbul
Beşiktaş submitted an opening contract proposal, and Salah reportedly adjusted his salary expectations downward from an initial ask of €15 million to somewhere in the €10 to €12 million range annually. The proposed structure is a one-year contract with optional extensions tied to match appearances. Salah’s lawyer has traveled to Istanbul to negotiate the finer details of the agreement. No official confirmation has come from either party as of July 17, 2026.
The $SALAH memecoin and fan token dynamics
