Mohamed Salah deserves to be one of highest paid players in league, claims Jamie Carragher

Absolutely nobody knew what to expect when Liverpool signed Mohamed Salah, despite the fact that the Egyptian had spent four years at Chelsea previously. However, Salah made only 19 appearances for the Blues during that period as he spent a large portion of his time out on loan. It’s why nobody knew what to expect when Liverpool brought him back to England from AS Roma but few expected this.

"He is never injured and year after year he is top goalscorer. He just is. That is what he is. I will say something else. When you pick your all-time Liverpool XI, there are positions where you just think, 'He is in.' Alan Hansen, Graeme Souness, John Barnes, Steven Gerrard, Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish. You could fill all those positions no matter what this team does.

But there is concern that since a large portion of Salah’s game is based around his athleticism and his pace, that the forward could struggle as he approaches his thirties. However, Carragher further added that he doesn’t believe that will happen as in his opinion, the 29-year-old is as fit as Cristiano Ronaldo and could have a lot of years left at the highest level. Carragher also admitted that while there will be a debate about the money he earns, he hopes the club sorts out everything because of what Salah has done for the club.

“When you think about strikers getting to 29 or 30, we talk about Cristiano Ronaldo being 36, that guy is a machine in terms of how he looks after himself. I think Mo Salah is as professional as Ronaldo, he looks after his body and I think there are a lot of years left in Mo Salah so I just hope this gets sorted sooner rather than later.