Jamie Carragher blasted over 'pathetic' Mo Salah claim - 'He should know better'

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Jamie Carragher's recent comments regarding Mohamed Salah have been labelled as 'pathetic' by former Premier League boss Sam Allardyce .

Former Liverpool favourite Carragher recently suggested that Salah's 'legs had gone' in the wake of the Egypt international's failure to replicate his dazzling performances from the 2024-25 campaign. The 33-year-old was left on the bench against West Ham at the weekend with his returns of four goals and two assists from 12 league appearances falling below his own high standards.

Salah signed a new contract at Anfield earlier this year , with Carragher now expressing his concerns. The player-turned-pundit also acknowledged that he did not believe Virgil Van Dijk was the 'same player', and that Alisson is 'injured a lot now'.

Allardyce has rubbished Carragher's interpretation and reckons the ex-defender is looking for popularity, branding the Sky Sports pundit's claims as a 'disgrace'.

"Stop it. He should know better. He should really know better. That's an absolutely pathetic statement, but he's good at them, isn't he?" Allardyce blasted on Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, in partnership with BOYLE Sports .

"He's good at just throwing it out there for a bit of, you know, 'popularity'? To keep himself on the front end of it. That's a disgrace.

"His legs haven't gone. How can his legs go from what he did last year, having the summer off, and then his legs go this year? How can that happen? It doesn't happen overnight.

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"How does he know anyway? What does he know? He doesn't train with him, he doesn't watch him train, he sees him play, and he might not be doing so well, but that's like many of the Liverpool players. Isak hasn't played well, so have his legs gone already?"

Former Manchester United ace Wes Brown does not believe Salah should be written off. "Salah's more comfortable playing when Liverpool are playing well. Salah's attributes are not going to change; he's still as dangerous when he gets the ball as any other time," he said.

"He's never really done all the running back anyway. At the same time, Liverpool haven't just had the same possession and the same spaces going forward as they have done before, because they're not playing well as a team. Not everyone knows everyone yet, and it's showing.

"Salah's not getting the right ball at the right time, or he's getting less of the ball, but to say that his quality isn't there, that's not right."

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