Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, but former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes the Egyptian will snub a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia in favour of joining a top European club.
Speaking on The Overlap podcast, Carragher said he does not see Salah heading to the Saudi Pro League just yet, predicting instead a move to Italy with one of the giants. “I think Mo Salah, the way he's driven like a Ronaldo, I don't see the Saudi thing just yet. I can see him in Italy with one of the giants. I just think your career's over when you go there,” Carragher said.
Carragher argued that Salah remains motivated by his Champions League record and goal tally. “I still think he thinks, 'I'm still one of the best players, and me leaving now is not the end of my top-level career, I've still got something to give',” he added.
Salah, who spent two seasons at Roma before joining Liverpool in 2017, has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for the club and won the Champions League in 2019. He currently sits 11th on the all-time list of the competition's leading scorers.
Carragher described Salah's departure with one year left on his contract as “the right decision for everyone”, adding that in hindsight the club could have sold him last summer but that it was difficult to let go of the Premier League's best player.
