Jamie Carragher slams 'selfish' Mo Salah in warning over Liverpool contract saga

Along with skipper Virgil van Dijk and England prima Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah is 1 of 3 cardinal Reds players retired of declaration astatine Anfield adjacent summertime who person yet to hold extensions.

Speaking to reporters astatine St Mary’s, Salah said: “Well, we are astir successful December and I haven't received immoderate offers yet to enactment successful the club.

"You cognize I person been successful the nine for galore years. There is nary nine similar this. But successful the extremity it is not successful my hands. As I said before, it is December and I haven't received thing yet astir my future.

"Of course, yea [I’m disappointed not to person received a caller declaration offer]. I emotion the fans. The fans emotion me. In the extremity it is not successful my hands oregon the fans' hands. Let's hold and see.

"I'm not going to discontinue soon truthful I'm conscionable playing, focusing connected the play and I'm trying to triumph the Premier League and hopefully the Champions League arsenic well. I'm disappointed but we volition see."

Salah’s aboriginal has erstwhile again go a large talking constituent pursuing his interrogation connected the southbound coast, overshadowing a melodramatic precocious come-from-behind triumph for Liverpool that accrued their pb astatine the top-flight acme to 8 points up of adjacent weekend’s immense showdown with a Manchester City squad who person present mislaid 5 games successful a enactment crossed each competitions.

Before that, Liverpool besides person the tiny substance of a high-profile Champions League clash with holders Real Madrid coming up astatine Anfield connected Wednesday night.

Carragher criticised the nationalist attack taken by Salah’s campy and insisted his ongoing declaration saga indispensable not instrumentality precedence implicit the club’s bid for on-field glory nether caller brag Arne Slot.

Addressing Salah’s interrogation connected Sky Sports, the Reds fable said: "Of people determination person been discussions. Right now, there's evidently a large quality successful the valuation - what Mo Salah and his cause worth themselves at, whether that's financially oregon successful presumption of magnitude of contract, to what Liverpool do.

"The crushed Liverpool haven't offered a declaration yet is due to the fact that Mo Salah volition crook it down. So they are inactive successful talks, I americium hopeless for them to conscionable successful the middle.

"But I indispensable say, I americium precise disappointed successful Mo Salah. That interview, Liverpool person got Real Madrid successful midweek and they've got Manchester City astatine the play - that's the communicative for Liverpool close now.

"Mo Salah, we're each rather aware, surely the section reporters successful Liverpool, that successful the 7 years he's been astatine the shot club, he's stopped successful the mixed portion doubly - which is his right. Absolutely fine.

"But helium decides to halt for the 3rd clip distant astatine Southampton connected the backmost of winning Liverpool the game. The astir important happening for Liverpool Football Club this play is not the aboriginal of Mo Salah. It's not the aboriginal of Virgil van Dijk and it's not the aboriginal of Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"The astir important happening is Liverpool winning the Premier League. That is much important than immoderate of those players, and if helium continues to enactment comments out, oregon his cause keeps putting tweets out, that's selfish. That's reasoning astir themselves and not the shot club."

Carragher was afloat of praise for Salah’s on-field interaction successful his seven-and-a-half years connected Merseyside, putting him arsenic precocious arsenic 5th connected his database of all-time Liverpool greats.

However, portion helium acknowledged that Salah would surely beryllium missed astatine Anfield, helium pointed to plentifulness of examples from the past to amusement that Liverpool would proceed to beryllium palmy adjacent if the 32-year-old did determination connected successful the summer.

"He's surely getting the emotion from maine and Liverpool supporters,” Carragher said. “They are successful talks, that's portion of football. I would accidental Mo Salah is successful the apical 5 players to ever play for Liverpool.

"I would spell Steven Gerrard, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Ian Rush, and I'd enactment Mo Salah successful 5th presumption - that's however highly I complaint him, that's however peculiar this feline is.

"No, it's not astir giving idiosyncratic what they want. What I would accidental is, I anticipation Mo Salah and the different 2 players who are progressive successful this, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, [don't] consciousness similar that this nine volition autumn isolated if they ever determination on.

Would we miss Salah if helium left? Of course. But I tin guarantee you, Liverpool volition determination on

Jamie Carragher

"Steven Gerrard near the club, the adjacent manager came successful and won the league. Steven Gerrard didn't triumph the league, Jurgen Klopp won the league with a caller team.

"Kenny Dalglish, astatine that clip Liverpool's top ever player, erstwhile helium stopped playing, Peter Beardsley came successful and was portion of astir apt the champion squad we've ever seen successful a reddish garment successful 1988.

"Graeme Souness left, Liverpool won the treble for the archetypal clip successful their past 2 years aboriginal successful 1986. Ian Rush moved on, aft him came John Aldridge. Later erstwhile Ian Rush moved on, Robbie Fowler came.

"And Salah - would we miss him if helium moved on? Of people you would. But I tin guarantee you, Liverpool volition determination on."