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Mohamed Salah is "selfish" for publically expressing his disappointment astatine Liverpool's nonaccomplishment to connection him a caller contract, says erstwhile Reds defender Jamie Carragher.
Salah, whose existent woody expires astatine the extremity of the season, told reporters aft Sunday's triumph astatine Southampton that helium is "probably much retired than in" and has yet to beryllium offered caller terms.
The 32-year-old is Liverpool's apical scorer this play with 12 goals successful each competitions and scored doubly against the Saints to determination the nine 8 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League.
"I indispensable accidental I americium precise disappointed with Mo Salah," Carragher told Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. "Liverpool person Real Madrid midweek [in the Champions League] and Man City astatine the weekend. That's the communicative close now."
He added: "If helium keeps putting comments out, his cause puts retired cryptic messages, that is selfish. That is reasoning astir themselves and not the shot club."
Liverpool person not publically commented connected Salah's remarks, but a nine root told BBC Sport that interaction betwixt Liverpool and Salah's agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, is ongoing and has been positive.
Speaking connected BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, Chris Sutton said Salah's determination to attack reporters successful the mixed portion to speech astir his aboriginal suggests helium wants to enactment astatine Anfield.
"It wasn't 1 of those wherever Mo Salah was asked to talk, helium really made an attack and wanted to talk to a mates of property guys to get things disconnected his chest," said the erstwhile Blackburn and Chelsea striker. "So successful that respect it says to maine that helium wants to stay."
The Athletic's Rory Smith added: "It strikes maine that helium is making it precise wide to the Liverpool fans that helium wants to enactment and that if helium doesn't extremity up staying that it's not truly a deficiency of intent connected his part.
"The occupation volition beryllium his age. Liverpool volition beryllium looking astatine the immense information acceptable you person of footballers implicit the past 20, 30 years, which suggests that astatine immoderate constituent successful your mid-30s your performances bash dip. They volition wonderment whether is it worthy committing £300,000 a week oregon truthful to a subordinate who mightiness lone person different twelvemonth astatine this level.
"Or possibly helium volition person different 2 years astatine this level? Or different 5 oregon six? That's the gamble Liverpool person to take."
As good arsenic Salah, defender Trent Alexander-Arnold and nine skipper Virgil van Dijk are besides retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season.
"The astir important happening for Liverpool Football Club this play isn't the aboriginal of Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold," added Carragher. "The astir important happening is Liverpool winning the Premier League.
"I anticipation they don't consciousness similar this nine would autumn isolated if they left. Steven Gerrard near the nine and the adjacent manager won the Premier League. Graeme Souness near and Liverpool won the Double.
"Salah, would we miss him? Of people we would. But Liverpool volition determination on."
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