Jamie Carragher claims Liverpool now have a new version of Kenny Dalglish
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Kenny Dalglish had a prolific playing career, scoring over 100 goals for both Liverpool and Celtic.The Reds have not had a proper goalscoring forward leading their front line for some years now.But this season has seen Hugo Ekitike more than step up into that role.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Name the players who actually had a better 2024/25 season than Mo Salah ⚽ The Best FIFA Men’s 11 2025Gianluigi DonnarummaAchraf HakimiWillian PachoVirgil van DijkNuno MendesCole PalmerVitinhaPedriJude BellinghamOusmane DembeleLamine YamalCredit: Chris Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images 👇 Join the debate; share your insight.
Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say Wayne Rooney thinks Ekitike is brilliant, and the Frenchman already has seven Premier League goals in seven starts, the last of which came in a 2-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion this past Saturday.While it’s great to see a proper centre-forward now thriving at Anfield again, Jamie Carragher has chosen to compare another Liverpool player to club legend Kenny Dalglish.Mohamed Salah is Liverpool’s modern-day Kenny DalglishSpeaking on the Echo Of Glory podcast this week, the ex-centre-back was discussing Mohamed Salah.When doing so, he claimed the younger generation of fans now view the 33-year-old how previous eras saw Dalglish and Steven Gerrard.He said: “With Mo Salah, he is the Kenny Dalglish, he is the Steven Gerrard of this era. “With Liverpool fans who are teenagers or early 20s, they don’t remember those players and this guy is their favourite Liverpool player, they love and adore him.”Salah made history recently, with his assist against Brighton meaning he now has the most goal contributions of any player at one Premier League club, surpassing the previous leader, Rooney.He’s firmly cemented himself as one of the all-time greats, but still has some way to go if he is to become Liverpool’s all-time top scorer.
Gut feeling, has Mohamed Salah played his last game for Liverpool? Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say Where Mohamed Salah and Kenny Dalglish rank among Liverpool’s all-time top goalscorersDalglish found the back of the net on 172 occasions for the Reds in all competitions, putting him eighth in the all-time rankings.Meanwhile, Salah’s 250 goals place the winger third, 35 away from second-place Roger Hunt.Ian Rush remains Liverpool’s all-time top goalscorer with 346 goals netted in over 600 appearances.The Egyptian certainly has the quality to eventually surpass the former Wrexham man, but given his future at Anfield has been questioned going into 2026, he may not be around long enough for that to happen.