Jamie Carragher slams Mohamed Salah’s ‘selfish’ comments in an interview at the weekend over the ongoing Liverpool contract saga.
Mo Salah discussed his future at Liverpool with his contract set to expire at the end of this season, after the 3-2 victory at Southampton on Sunday, in which he scored two goals including the winner, taking his total in the Premier League to 10 goals in 12 games.
He revealed he is yet to receive a new contract offer from the club and feels “more out than in” as he nears the end of his existing deal.
Salah said: “We are almost in December and I haven’t received any offers yet to stay in the club.
“I’m probably more out than in.”
Questioned if he was disappointed that he is yet to receive an offer, Salah replied:>/strong> “Of course, yeah.
On one hand, he’s 32 and already on £350,000 a week, they probably want to give Arne Slot liquidity to build a team in his own image for the long-term.
On the other, he’s scored 223 goals across 7.5 seasons, won the lot and is Mohamed fucking Salah.
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) November 25, 2024
The 32-year-old is among three key players for the Merseyside out, alongside Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, whose contracts are due to expire this summer.
However, the post-match remarks made by Salah have provoked frustration in Carragher, who contends that Salah’s primary focus should be on securing the Premier League title this season, as the Reds currently hold an eight-point lead at the top.
Carragher told Monday Night Football: “Right now there’s obviously a big difference in the valuation. What Mo Salah and his agent value themselves at, whether that’s financially or in terms of length of contract, to what Liverpool do.
“So the reason Liverpool wouldn’t have offered a contract yet is because Mo Salah will turn it down, so they’re still in talks. I’m desperate for them to meet in the middle, but I must say I am very disappointed with Mo Salah. That interview yesterday after the game and it comes out today.
“Liverpool have got Real Madrid midweek and they’ve got Manchester City at the weekend, that’s the story for Liverpool right now.
“Mo Salah, we’re all quite aware, certainly the local reporters are in Liverpool, that in the seven years he’s been at the football club he’s stopped in the mixed zone twice, which is his right, which is absolutely fine.
“But he decided to stop for the third time away at Southampton on the back of winning Liverpool the game and putting that out.
“Now the most important thing for Liverpool this season is not the future of Mo Salah, it’s not the future of Virgil van Dijk and it’s not the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
“The most important thing is Liverpool winning the Premier League. That is more important than any of those players, and if he continues to put comments out or his agent keeps putting cryptic tweets out, that’s selfish, that’s thinking about themselves and not the football club.”
Carragher added: “I would say Mo Salah is in the top five players to ever play for Liverpool.
“I would go Steven Gerrard, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Ian Rush and I’d put Mo Salah in fifth position. That’s how highly I rate him, that’s how special this guy is.”
Questioned whether the club should give Salah what he wants, Carragher replied: “No, it’s not about giving somebody what they want.
“I hope Mo Salah and the other two players who were involved in this, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, [don’t] feel like that this club will fall apart if they ever move on. Steven Gerrard left the football club, the next manager came in and won the league. Steven Gerrard didn’t win the league, Jurgen Klopp won the league with a new team.
“Kenny Dalglish, at that time Liverpool’s greatest-ever player, when he stopped playing, Peter Beardsley came in and was part of probably the greatest footballing team we’ve ever seen in a red shirt in 1988.
“Graeme Souness left, Liverpool won the double for the first time in their history two years later in 1986.
“Ian Rush moved on, after him came John Aldridge and then later when Ian Rush moved on, Robbie Fowler came.
“And Salah, would we miss him if he moved on? Of course we would, but I can assure you Liverpool will move on.”
Here’s how fans reacted as Jamie Carragher slams Mohamed Salah’s ‘selfish’ comments over the Liverpool contract saga…
@Xcellent78: I’m very disappointed with FSG for letting 3 of our best players get to this point where we could lose all 3 of them for nothing. How about call them out instead of Salah Jamie
@lfcRomantico: You don’t help Liverpool at all, I wonder why you’re in the media, the best and most important player of this generation is going to leave for free and the problem is the interview?
@KevinLfc0904: How can a player like him not of had an offer yet crazy
@KlawyWilson: Look at that sharp look when he was saying it is disappointing and you will figure everything else out
@jackchris10: Imagine having a player like salah at your club who literally carries the team with his goals and hes made feel like this. That club is a disgrace.
@lithanders: Disappointed in you Carra for not understanding that the blame should be put solely on the club for dragging their heels on these three big contracts and letting the situation spiral to this pressure point. Salah has every right to call the club out cause it’s a disgrace the way they’re playing games with the future of a legendary talisman.
@AndyLFC27: Realistically I think a 2+1 on his current terms should be the deal – means he is tied down for another couple of seasons and maybe one more, but also if he declines rapidly, he could go to Saudi for a hefty fee. Plenty of games from both sides going on here.
@PringJames21: Genuinely believe he could play until he’s 40. Give him what he wants, don’t care if its a statue outside, a stand named after him, his own coffee bar on the concourse. Whatever it takes, and I think I speak for all Liverpool fans on that one.
@spreadbury_tom: Slot is on less than half the pay Klopp was. We no longer have Matip and Thiago’s sizeable salary on the books. Salah allegedly isn’t demanding a pay increase. It’s absurd.
@ElRealesVikram: I am sorry Carra but I don’t think he said anything outrageous… His conduct has been world class and performances even better. He loves the city and so does his family. His respect for the fans has been top class as well. He can speak his heart out and as a fan, I back him
@Andy_LFC93: and they also have 2 others running out of time to think about as well (The captain & Vice Captain)😂 it’s an absolute joke the position the club have let themselves get into. Should’ve been sorted months ago.
@joejb45: If I’m Liverpool I’m not even think about letting someone still at the top of their game go anywhere else, not when the top end market is how it is. The amount of top end players are just not there, and if they are, they’re completely unattainable
@SorareStrats: Carra you are a Clown 🤡
Leaving this here pic.twitter.com/Oy4YNRiqWS
— Zane🇱🇻 (@zanetalkssports) November 25, 2024
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