Jamie Carragher has said he wasn’t surprised to see Mo Salah posting a strongly-worded statement on social media over the weekend.
The Liverpool winger took to X and Instagram with an impassioned condemnation of the Reds’ style of play under Arne Slot and the team’s alarming decline in fortunes this season, with his actions being criticised by the likes of Steve Nicol and Wayne Rooney.
The former LFC defender called out the Egyptian last December when the player publicly stated that he had ‘no relationship’ with the head coach after being benched for three games in a week, and the pundit has once again taken aim at the 33-year-old after his latest remarks.
Speaking to Sky Sports on Monday evening, Carragher said of Salah’s comments on social media: “I’m not surprised. I told everybody, ‘Something else will come before the end of the season. He’ll drop another bomb a little bit like [Cristiano] Ronaldo did on the way out of Manchester United’. I thought it may come after the end of the season when he’d moved on, but no.
“Less than two years ago, I called him selfish for doing an interview and I think that rings true again. Liverpool have a really important week. They are still not fully qualified for the Champions League and it should be about Liverpool FC, not Salah FC.
“It’s vital that Liverpool make the Champions League positions, but I’m not surprised and it’s not a good look at all.”
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Carragher has often been critical of Salah whenever the Egyptian has publicly spoken about his status at Liverpool, whether it’s to do with his contract situation or his relationship with the manager/head coach.
We understand the pundit’s view that the winger’s decision to air such strong views on social media wasn’t ideal at a time when the Reds haven’t yet confirmed their place in next season’s Champions League.
We can also fully empathise with the forward’s frustrations about how standards at Anfield have fallen off a cliff over the past few months; and while his own output has declined massively, what seems clear is that he cares deeply about LFC being successful on the pitch and that he’s hurt by the extent of the decline in 2025/26.
Salah should get one more chance to create positive headlines at Liverpool by signing off with a goal or two against Brentford on Sunday.
If his contribution proves to be the difference between us qualifying for the Champions League and missing out, it’d come as a fitting final act for a player who’s done so much to get the Reds back to the summit of English and European football in recent years.
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When the supporters are against the manager , and the owners FSG have cancelled the new contract for slot , then it’s inevitable that this kind of thing would happen. With every passing month the Authority of slot is diminishing bit by bit.
No one player though is bigger than Liverpool football club . back him or sack him . The longer slot just runs down his contract there’ll be more friction within the dressing room. He’s a lame duck of a manager
Breaking news. Guardiola Quits Manchester city. Haven’t been this happy since Ferguson retired. Great manager, the greatest ever. Manchester city won’t be the same without him. Best news possible for Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool. What next for Manchester city. They didn’t want .Alonso. Vincent kompany?
115 still looms. You never know what will happen to the club.
Isn’t carragher selfish by saying things that is for the benefits of his own career? If he is not a pundit, if he is just a simple Liverpool fan like most of us, will he still say the same thing? 94% of the fans support Salah for the post. Are 94% of the fans selfish?
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