Ljungberg argued that Salah went public about his contract situation at Liverpool because he wanted to stay at Anfield
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Arsenal winger, Freddie Ljungberg, has hit out at Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher, after he blamed Mohamed Salah for the lack of progress in his ongoing contract saga with the Reds.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Salah after scoring twice in a 3-2 victory at Southampton, claimed there are no new offers from Liverpool on the table.
The 32-year-old stated that he was “more out than in”, adding that he was “disappointed” in the club.
Reacting to his comments, Carragher said the Egypt international was ‘selfish’ for coming out publicly to talk about his contract situation at Anfield.
He also told the trio of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Salah, who have all entered the final year of their contracts, that what was more important was the club’s pursuit of the Premier League title and not discussing new deals.
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Addressing the contract saga on Monday Night Football, Carragher said: “Of course there’s been discussions. Right now, there’s obviously a big difference in valuation, how Salah and his agent value themselves, in terms of length of contract, and how Liverpool do.”
He added, “If he continues to put comments out or his agent continues to put cryptic tweets out, that is selfish. That’s thinking about themselves and not the football club.”
Joining the debate, Ljungberg argued that the Egyptian made public comments because he wanted to stay at Anfield.
The former Sweden international said via Sportskeeda, “I think that it is very disrespectful on the part of the club. Not as Jamie Carragher is trying to make it out to be – that it is Mo Salah who is disrespectful.
“Sorry, but that’s bull****. If you have a player of that calibre as Salah, if you don’t want to extend with him and he wants to leave – then tell him. ‘We will show you respect, you are too old and want too much. Financially, it doesn’t work for us.’”