Liverpool Legend Backs Mohamed Salah to Move to Europe rather than Saudi Arabia

JAKARTA - Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher predicts Mohamed Salah will turn down a big offer from Saudi Arabia to extend his career at one of Europe's top clubs.

Salah, 33, announced this week that he will leave Liverpool at the end of this season. A move to the Saudi Pro League is certainly lucrative and considered the most likely option.

However, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Salah is still motivated enough to chase more Champions League titles before being tempted by Saudi Arabia or Major League Soccer (MLS).

"I think Mo Salah, with his motivation like Ronaldo, I haven't seen the possibility of moving to Saudi Arabia."

"I could see him in Italy with one of the giants. I just thought your career would end if you went there (Saudi Arabia)."

"I think he'll still look at his record in the Champions League or how many goals he can score. I still think he thinks he's still one of the best players."

"His departure now is not the end of his top-level career. He still has something to give," Carragher said on The Overlap podcast.

Salah, who spent two seasons with Roma before moving to Anfield in 2017, has won one Champions League title with Liverpool.

Currently he is ranked 11th in the all-time top scorers list in the European top tournament.

According to Carragher, his record at Anfield - with 255 goals from 435 appearances to date - puts him sixth in the club's all-time greatest players list, behind Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard, Graeme Souness, Ian Rush and John Barnes.

Carragher, who criticised Salah when his emotions flared up after being left out against Leeds United last year, said his decision to walk away with a year left on his contract was the right decision for everyone.

"If you look at it from a retrospective point of view, could they have done this last summer? However, how could you not give a new contract to the best player in the Premier League last season?"

"It's very difficult to say it with a retrospective point of view. Maybe it happened a year earlier than we thought," said Carragher.