Trabzonspor have formally confirmed the signing of former Liverpool star Mohamed Salah on a lucrative two-year contract.
Salah had been greeted by Trabzonspor fans after touching down in Istanbul on Wednesday ahead of the move.
While Salah had been wearing Trabzonspor kit and addressed fans, Trabzonspor had repeated throughout that the club were in negotiations with the star.
Formalities have now been completed with Salah having undergone a medical and signed a two-year contract with the Turkish side.
‘Our new signing Mohamed Salah has signed the contract binding him to our club for two years, with the participation of our President Ertugrul Dogan,’ Trabzonspor stated on social media.
Bloomberg, citing the Turkish media, reported that Salah will earn £14.5m each season at Trabzonspor, while he is said to have received a £4.2m signing on fee.
Reports in Turkey have also claimed Salah will be entitled to 20 per cent of the profits from sales of his shirt.
Trabzonspor’s club shop confirmed on Wednesday that fans would be able to purchase shirts featuring Salah and his No 10.
Supporters of the Turkish club had been celebrating Salah’s arrival on Wednesday with crowds gathering at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.
The crowds greeted Salah, who was pictured in a Trabzonspor shirt having flown from the Greek island of Mykonos, where he had been on holiday, to Turkey.
Salah later travelled on to Trabzon, where more fans had massed by the airport.
‘I am very happy to be in this incredible atmosphere. I don’t recall ever seeing anything like this before,’ Salah said.
‘There are 25,000 people here —it’s incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it.
‘I have achieved success everywhere I’ve been, and I want to achieve success at Trabzonspor as well.’
