Jamie Carragher questions Mohamed Salah’s Trabzonspor move
Salah is set to join the Turkish side on a free transfer after mutually agreeing to terminate his Liverpool contract a year early
Jamie Carragher says Mohamed Salah could have joined a more “prestigious club” than Trabzonspor.
One of Liverpool’s greatest-ever players, Salah won seven major trophies during his time at Anfield and departed as the club’s third-highest goalscorer, having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances.
However, Sky Sports pundit Carragher believes Turkey is a “level too low” for the Egyptian forward, who was welcomed by thousands of fans at Ataturk Airport after Trabzonspor confirmed he would travel to Trabzon via Istanbul.
Jamie Carragher said: “I never believed he was going to go to Saudi, because number one, he’s too good for that. I think he can be playing in Serie A. Turkey for me feels a level too low.
“I was convinced he’d end up at an AC Milan or Juventus or somewhere like that, maybe his wages were a problem. Looking at him, I don’t know him, obviously have never spoken to him.
“But he’s like Ronaldo, he’s so driven, his numbers mean so much to him. I thought, he can still do this in Turkey by the way, but I thought he’d want to play at a real prestigious club.”
The former Liverpool defender added: “Obviously his wage demands have put a few people off but I thought he might almost curb those demands a little bit to almost get a better club.
“To go to an AC Milan or Juventus or whoever it may be, play at the San Siro, still playing in big games, still playing in Europe. Turkey just feels like… I just think he’s better than that.”
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