Jamie Carragher reveals the place Mohamed Salah ranks in his high 5 Liverpool gamers of all time – after his contract bombshell

Jamie Carragher heaped heavy reward on Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian scored twice in Liverpool’s 3-2 comeback win over Southampton on Sunday.

It got here after the previous Liverpool defender criticised Salah for his controversial interview outdoors St. Mary’s Stadium after the sport, the place he talked about that he feels he’s ‘extra out than in’, amid stagnant contract negotiations.

Carragher commented: ‘I need to say, I’m very disenchanted with Mo Salah. That interview final evening… Liverpool have Actual Madrid in midweek and Manchester Metropolis subsequent weekend. That is the story for Liverpool proper now. 

‘If he continues to place feedback out or his agent continues to place cryptic tweets out, that’s egocentric. That is serious about themselves and never the soccer membership.’ 

Salah has scored 10 targets and given six assists in 12 league video games this season, as he’s having fun with one other monumental marketing campaign when it comes to output.

Since becoming a member of Liverpool in 2017 from Roma, The 32-year-old has scored 223 targets in 367 matches. Carragher argued that Salah resides among the many membership’s best gamers ever and ranked him as their fifth greatest participant in historical past.

The 32-year-old has scored 223 targets in 367 matches since becoming a member of the Reds in 2017 from Roma

Salah has not but put pen to paper on a brand new contract, whereas his present deal expires subsequent 12 months

‘I might say that Mo Salah is within the high 5 gamers to ever play for Liverpool,’ Carragher stated.

‘I might go Steven Gerrard, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Ian Rush and I might put Mo Salah in fifth place.

‘That is how extremely I price him. That is how particular this man is.’

Concerning contract negotiations, Salah complained that Liverpool haven’t provided him a brand new deal – together with his present one expiring on the finish of the season – and he gave no clear indication that he needed to remain on the membership, insisting that the choice is lower than him.

‘I am most likely extra out than in. You understand I’ve been within the membership for a few years. There isn’t any membership like this.

‘However in the long run it’s not in my palms. As I stated, it’s December and I have never acquired something but about my future,’ he stated.

As reported by Mail Sport, Liverpool turned down a profitable £150m bid for Salah from Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Ittihad in 2023.

If no settlement is reached on a brand new contract between each events by the tip of the season, Liverpool followers will endure the sight of their fifth all-time high scorer leaving Anfield on a free switch.