Liverpool will honour Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson with special fan mosaics ahead of their final match at Anfield against Brentford on Sunday.
Liverpool Football Club has always prided itself on how it honours its icons. If you walk through the streets surrounding Anfield, the towering, vibrant murals painted onto the brickwork tell the story of a club built by giants.
These permanent tributes are woven directly into Liverpool’s DNA, reinforcing a unique and powerful bond shared between the players, the supporters, and the city.
Two of the most prominent faces greeting match-going fans today are Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.
Both players have defined a golden, modern era on Merseyside. Having arrived together in the transformative summer of 2017, they will now say goodbye together. Liverpool has officially confirmed that Sunday’s Premier League clash against Brentford at Anfield will be the final home game for both players, with massive fan mosaics planned to celebrate their legendary careers.
According to a statement on the club’s official website:
“Sunday’s Premier League home match against Brentford marks their final game as Liverpool players and a special send-off is planned for the duo, with fan mosaics to be displayed. The Kop will lead the tribute to Salah while the lower Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand will honour Robertson, with the mosaics to be shown before kick-off.”
Mosaics will be displayed at Anfield on Sunday in celebration of the departing Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah ❤️
The club has called for volunteers on the morning of the match to help prepare the stadium-wide display. This marks the most significant mosaic tribute at Anfield since 2024, when the Kop paid an emotional respect to legendary manager Jurgen Klopp upon his departure.
For the Kopites in the stands, these displays mean just as much as they do to the players themselves a collective thank you for elevating Liverpool back to the absolute pinnacle of world football.
From bargain buys to all-time legends
It is impossible to contextualise the departure of Salah and Robertson without looking back at how their journeys began. In the summer of 2017, fresh off a fourth-place finish to secure Champions League qualification, Liverpool went to work in the transfer market.
They struck a £36.5 million deal with Roma for Mohamed Salah and quietly completed an £8 million swoop for Andy Robertson from relegated Hull City.
At the time, few could have predicted that a combined investment of under £45 million would yield two players who would arguably merit a place in Liverpool’s all-time greatest XI.
The Scottish left-back quickly established himself as one of the most beloved figures at the club. Fans gravitated toward his down-to-earth personality, relentless engine, and fierce competitive spirit.
Across 377 appearances, Robertson’s energy and defensive reliability transformed him into arguably the best fullback in the world during Liverpool’s peak years.
Meanwhile, on the right wing, the Egyptian King rewrite the record books. Salah shot pure panic into European defenders with his breathtaking goalscoring ability. Finding the net an astonishing 257 times in 441 games across all competitions, Salah was the chief catalyst in bringing the Champions League and two Premier League titles to Anfield.
Whether under the floodlights of a famous European night or during a routine 3:00 PM Saturday kickoff, the duo provided a constant guarantee of elite quality.
Van Dijk pays tribute to his longest-serving teammates
The impending departures have heavily impacted the Liverpool dressing room, nowhere more so than with club captain Virgil van Dijk. The Dutch centre-back signed for the Reds midway through Salah and Robertson’s debut campaign and has stood alongside them through every major triumph.
Statistically, Salah and Robertson are the two players Van Dijk has shared a pitch with most frequently in his entire career, clocking in at 333 and 298 joint appearances, respectively. Speaking to in-house media, Van Dijk admitted that finding the words to summarize their impact is incredibly difficult.
The skipper’s glowing tribute to the legacies of Mo and Robbo ❤️
“I think it’s pretty difficult to sum it up, obviously in a good way of course. They’ve meant so much to the club, they’ve meant so much to me personally, they have meant so much to all the successes that we have achieved over all those years. And obviously as the human beings they are, I think it’s tough to replace that, it’s tough to move on from that, but that’s life as well. They have been absolutely amazing to be working with, to be playing with, to be having around and I’m 100 per cent going to miss them.”
While the weekend promises plenty of romance, the build-up to Sunday’s kickoff has not been entirely without tension. A recent social media statement from Salah has drawn significant backlash from pundits and sections of the fan base, with former England striker Wayne Rooney even publicly suggesting that Salah should be dropped from the match-day squad after taking perceived shots at manager Arne Slot.
Despite the external noise, Liverpool supporters remain desperate to see their talisman on the pitch rather than watching from the stands. The hope across Merseyside is that the friction can be set aside for 90 minutes, allowing the Egyptian King to experience the adoration of Anfield one final time.
What this means for Liverpool, Robertson, and Salah
For Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah, Sunday represents the closing chapter of a fairytale. They arrive at their final destination decorated with every major honour club football has to offer, secure in the knowledge that their legacies are permanently etched into Anfield lore.
For Liverpool Football Club, however, this double departure signals a daunting reality check. Replacing Salah’s historic goal output and Robertson’s irreplaceable defensive leadership presents a monumental challenge for Arne Slot’s ongoing transition.
Furthermore, Van Dijk’s emotional tribute carries an underlying anxiety for the fan base. While the captain’s position in the starting XI remains completely safe for now, he is rapidly approaching the final year of his contract next season.
The sight of Salah and Robertson waving goodbye serves as a stark reminder that the legendary spine of Liverpool’s modern golden era is fracturing, and it may not be long before supporters are forced to bid a similar farewell to their iconic skipper.
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The atmosphere on Sunday is bound to be intensely emotional. Opportunities to send off multiple genuine club legends at the exact same moment are incredibly rare in modern football, especially when those players have given the fan base a lifetime of unforgettable souvenirs.
Whatever friction exists in the media regarding Salah’s recent comments needs to be entirely blocked out the moment the players step out of the tunnel.
Both men have given their prime athletic years to elevate this football club back to the top of the world. With the Kop and the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand United in full colour before kickoff, Anfield must give these two icons the thunderous, historic send-off they have so richly earned.
Daniel is a freelance journalist for ReadNewcastle and is a Liverpool fan.
He holds an undergraduate Journalism degree from Chester University and an MA in Sport Journalism from Liverpool John Moores University.
Daniel previously worked alongside Airbus Broughton FC, running the club's social media, and he worked as a producer at Redmen TV. His writing experience covers multiple publications from magazines to newspapers.
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