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I love the club so much.’ Salah applauded Liverpool fans in what could have been a farewell (Picture: Getty Images) The 33-year-old even suggested he could be leaving the club in January, saying of next weekend’s game against Brighton: ‘I don’t know if I am going to play or not, but I am going to enjoy it. I don’t know what is going to happen when I am there.’ Unsurprisingly, feathers were ruffled by the Egyptian’s explosive comments and former Reds players have reacted.
I hope it doesn’t end badly because of everything he has given, but there’s always a chance if he’s adamant. ‘Liverpool Football Club are in charge of what happens because he’s signed the contract but if he’s adamant he wants to leave maybe we will see something in January, but I hope not.’ Jamie Carragher was frustrated with Salah before he spoke out (Picture: Getty Images) Another former Reds star, Jamie Carragher, was already hitting out at Salah before his headline-grabbing statements. The ex-England defender suggested the former Chelsea man was shirking responsibility amid the club’s bad run of results, only stepping in front of a microphone when it benefitted him. ‘I must say on the back of all these Liverpool defeats, it’s always Virgil van Dijk who comes out, and as I said the captain should do that but there should be other players in that dressing room coming out and speaking for the club,’ Carragher said on Sky Sports. ‘A year ago this weekend Mo Salah wasn’t shy in coming out and speaking about his own situation, about the club not offering him a contract. ‘I only every hear Salah speak when he gets Man of the Match, or he needs a new contract.
It shouldn’t always be the captain.’ Mo Salah's Premier League stats Apps: 314 Goals: 190 Assists: 89 Carragher has arguably been proved correct by Salah’s latest gift to the press, during which the Egyptian predicted more criticism from the former Reds man. ‘After what I have done for the club it really hurts. I know the club too well, I have been here many years,’ said Salah. ‘Tomorrow Carragher is going to go for me again and again and that’s fine. ‘I have been at this club, scoring more than anyone in this generation since I came to the Premier League, I don’t think anyone has scored more goals and made more assists than me.
