Dhaka, March 25 -- Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has announced he will leave the club at the end of the season, bringing an early end to a nine-year spell at Anfield for one of the club's all-time great scorers.

The 33-year-old Egyptian star, who has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liverpool, agreed to depart a year before his contract was set to expire, the Premier League champions confirmed.

Salah's ninth season at Anfield has seen a dip in form, leading to periods out of the starting lineup.

In December, he publicly criticized the club, saying it "threw me under the bus" after being left on the bench.

"I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, these people would become part of my life," Salah said in an Instagram ...