Andy Robertson has revealed that Jamie Carragher has been connected the receiving extremity of immoderate affable ribbing successful the Liverpool dressing country this week, pursuing his critique of Mohamed Salah.
The Scot shared this during a light-hearted chat with Carragher aft Liverpool's 2-0 triumph implicit Real Madrid successful the Champions League connected Wednesday evening. Earlier successful the week, Carragher, 46, had deed retired astatine Salah for appearing "selfish" aft expressing his disappointment that Liverpool hadn't yet formally offered him a caller contract.
Salah, whose existent woody expires astatine the extremity of the season, claimed helium was "more retired than in" aft revealing that an connection wasn't presently connected the table pursuing the Reds' 3-2 triumph implicit Southampton connected Sunday. It's understood that the Egyptian is keen to enactment astatine Anfield and discussions with his agent, Ramy Abbas, are ongoing. However, nary statement has been reached yet.
Nevertheless, Carragher, who expressed his eagerness to spot Salah, 32, widen his stay, said helium wasn't pleased with the timing of the comments. Speaking to Sky Sports, helium said: "I indispensable accidental I americium precise disappointed with Salah. In the 7 years he's been astatine the shot club, helium stopped successful the mixed portion [to speech to reporters] twice.
"Which is his close and is perfectly fine. But helium decided to halt for the 3rd clip distant astatine Southampton connected the backmost of winning Liverpool successful the crippled and putting that out.
"Now, the astir important happening for Liverpool this play is not the aboriginal of 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.
"If helium continues to enactment comments retired oregon his cause keeps putting cryptic tweets out, that's selfish. That's reasoning astir themselves and not the shot club."
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CBS Sports)Following Liverpool's triumph implicit Real Madrid, CBS grabbed Robertson for a post-match interview, and helium couldn't fell his amusement arsenic helium discussed Carragher's criticism. "He [Carragher] has been getting a spot of instrumentality successful the changing country that's for sure," Robertson, 30, said with a chuckle.
Pressed for details, helium playfully deflected: "No comment, I deliberation I'll permission that!" Reflecting further, Robertson acknowledged that the erstwhile Liverpool centre-back had done thing untoward.
"I deliberation helium [Carragher] gets paid to bash his occupation and I deliberation each you each do," helium said. "It's portion and parcel of football, helium has to springiness his sentiment and whether we hold with it oregon not, sometimes is simply a antithetic story."
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