Mohamed Salah welcome in Trabzon takes unexpected turn as Galatasaray fan joins celebrations

The arrival of Mohamed Salah in Turkey produced more than passionate chants and colourful celebrations, after a Galatasaray supporter found himself surrounded by Trabzonspor fans during the welcome for the club’s incoming star.

The light-hearted incident was captured in a widely shared video and quickly attracted attention on social media. The supporter appeared among the Trabzonspor crowd wearing the red-and-yellow shirt of the club’s traditional rivals.

Rather than provoking a hostile reaction, his presence prompted an impromptu and humorous response from the home supporters. Dozens of Trabzonspor fans gathered around him in a celebratory atmosphere, laughing and chanting the names of Salah and Trabzonspor.

The fans then playfully urged the Galatasaray supporter to take off his shirt. He responded in good spirits and removed it, prompting applause from those around him. The crowd treated the moment as part of the informal welcome for Salah, whose arrival has generated major excitement among Trabzonspor supporters.

The exchange offered a lighter moment during a day focused on Salah’s move to Turkey. The Egypt international landed in Istanbul on Wednesday morning, where thousands of Trabzonspor fans had gathered to greet him.

After arriving in the Turkish capital, Salah boarded another flight bound for Trabzon, the Black Sea city where he is expected to complete the remaining formalities of his transfer.

He reached Trabzon on Wednesday evening. The contracts are due to be signed officially and the deal announced on Thursday.

Salah is set to begin a new chapter after spending eight seasons with Liverpool, where he established himself as one of the club’s greatest modern players. During his time at Anfield, he scored 257 goals in 442 appearances and won every available major honour with the Reds.

His move has already created a huge sense of anticipation in Trabzon, with supporters turning out in large numbers before the transfer has been formally announced. The scenes in Istanbul, followed by the welcome in Trabzon, showed the scale of the interest surrounding the Egyptian forward.

The video involving the Galatasaray supporter added an unexpected element to the occasion. The rival shirt initially marked him out from the surrounding crowd, but the reaction remained playful, with the fans choosing celebration and humour rather than confrontation.

Once the shirt had been removed, the crowd applauded and continued celebrating Salah’s arrival. The incident quickly became one of the most shared moments from the welcome, while the main focus remained on the transfer of the former Liverpool star.

The formal announcement on Thursday will confirm Salah’s next destination and mark the beginning of his new spell in Turkish football. Until then, the scenes surrounding his arrival have provided Trabzonspor fans with both a major football story and a memorable moment of rivalry played out in good humour.