Tears will be shed when Mohamed Salah bids farewell to Liverpool supporters, but what endures are the moments that reshaped the club during his time on Merseyside. Few players have delivered such a sequence of decisive strikes, finals contributions and unforgettable derby goals.

Salah’s introduction at Anfield produced a staggering return — a 44-goal campaign that silenced critics who labelled him a ‘one-season wonder’. That debut season contained one of his most celebrated efforts: a solo run and finish in the Merseyside derby in December 2017 that later earned the FIFA Puskás Award.

Liverpool’s run to the Champions League final in 2018 showcased Salah at full tilt until the final itself in Kyiv. En route he produced a match-winning equalizer at the Etihad Stadium to turn the tie against Manchester City, and a commanding display against Roma in the Anfield semifinal first leg underlined his influence across Europe.

The 2018–19 season brought both near-miss and redemption. Liverpool finished second in the Premier League with 97 points, and Salah produced one of his signature long-range strikes against Chelsea late in that campaign. European solace arrived in Madrid as Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the Champions League final. Salah’s composed early penalty set Liverpool on their way. For the first and only time in his career, Salah was a European champion.

Salah’s repertoire of solo goals continued to astound. In October 2021 he weaved past multiple defenders before rifling a low finish past Ederson from a tight angle on his right foot. A trip to Old Trafford delivered another landmark: Salah became the first visiting player to score a Premier League hat trick at Old Trafford in a 5–0 victory, one of several dominant displays against Manchester United including a 7–0 win at Anfield the following season.

When Arne Slot replaced Jürgen Klopp there was understandable uncertainty, but Salah answered any questions on the field. In 2024–25 he produced the best season of his career, maintaining the attacking numbers and moments of brilliance that defined his Liverpool legacy.

The concept of a true quadruple in football is narrowly defined and, by that measure, exceptionally rare. To qualify a campaign must deliver a club’s top continental trophy, the domestic league, the primary domestic cup and the secondary domestic cup in the same season. In England that would mean winning the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. One-off honours such as the Community Shield or Supercopa de España are excluded, as are tournaments like the FIFA Club World Cup and secondary continental competitions including the Europa League and Europa Conference League.

Arsenal’s season has produced significant progress across those four competitions. In the Champions League, Mikel Arteta’s side have already booked their place in the last 16, finishing first in their league phase after winning all eight matches. Domestically, Arsenal remain alive in the FA Cup while also reaching the EFL Cup final after seeing off Chelsea 4–2 on aggregate in the semifinals.

Those results leave Arsenal well positioned, but history underlines how difficult the task remains. Only one European team has ever completed the strict quadruple: Celtic in 1966–67, when Jock Stein’s Lisbon Lions won the European Cup, Scottish First Division, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup, their European campaign capped by a 2–1 victory over Inter Milan in the European Cup final at Lisbon’s Estádio Nacional. Outside Europe, Santos in 1962, led by Pelé, completed a recognised quadruple with the Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.

There are many examples of clubs winning four or more trophies in a season without meeting the strict definition. Paris Saint-Germain secured domestic trebles in 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 and 2019–20 and added the Trophée des Champions in those years. When PSG won the Champions League in 2024–25 they also won Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, but the Coupe de la Ligue had already been scrapped. Clubs such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Porto, and teams in South America and Asia including River Plate, São Paulo, Peñarol, Al-Muharraq and Al-Wehdat, have enjoyed trophy-laden seasons that still fell short of a true quadruple.

Rasmus Højlund has used a Supercoppa triumph to underline the decision that took him out of England and back to Italy. After posting a picture of himself holding the trophy, he wrote: “What a great decision looks like.” Many supporters read the message as a deliberate barb aimed at his former club.

The sequence that led here was public. Højlund had an encouraging debut season at Old Trafford, scoring 16 goals, but he struggled for form last term and saw his confidence ebb. United’s investment in Benjamin Šeško ended Højlund’s time there, despite his initial wish to stay.

Napoli paid the equivalent of €50 million for the 22-year-old, a figure below the €75 million plus add-ons United had paid to Atalanta in 2023. While that represents a loss on the original outlay, it still delivered a significant transfer fee and cleared the way for both player and club to move on.

On the pitch, Højlund has found a sharper rhythm in Serie A. He has scored four league goals in 11 appearances, matching his Premier League return from 2025–26 in 21 fewer games. Across all competitions he has seven in 19, including a goal in the Supercoppa semifinal against AC Milan. Napoli completed the competition by beating Bologna at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the trophy is the third of his career.

Observers argue Højlund looks better suited to Italian football and has often shown stronger returns in European competition than he did in the Premier League. Manchester United, meanwhile, have boosted their attacking output after bringing in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.

At Napoli he has been reunited with former United teammate Scott McTominay, the reigning Serie A Footballer of the Year. Asked if leaving Old Trafford automatically improves a player, McTominay declined to denigrate his boyhood club. “It’s just too easy of an excuse,” he told CBS Sports last week. “In my last year [at United], I did well. I scored 10 goals and we won [the FA Cup].” On Marcus Rashford and last season he added, “With Marcus, there was different issues which might have transpired which we won’t go into. However, Marcus is a top player and has always been a top player, he’s one of the club legends, scored so many goals for Man Utd, did so many great things,”