After retiring from professional football in 2012, Salihamidžić started to work as a regular pundit for Sky Deutschland. From summer 2013 to spring 2014, he worked as a football expert for RTL and was a color commentator for Heiko Waßer () during the 2013 Audi Cup. He was also an expert for ZDF from February 2014 until the UEFA Champions League Final, and during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.