Jamie Carragher not interested in being part of Anfield sendoff for Mohamed Salah

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Jamie Carragher has given his thoughts on Mohamed Salah's impending departure from Liverpool, with the winger having announced he will be leaving Anfield at the end of the current season

Jamie Carragher has had his say on Mohamed Salah's impending departure from Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)

Jamie Carragher has suggested Mohamed Salah's exit from Liverpool might have arrived "a year too late" and confessed he would rather not witness his farewell at Anfield in May. Salah is set to leave the Reds this summer following nine years on Merseyside.

The attacker will be remembered as one of Liverpool's all-time greats, having been instrumental in the club's resurgence under former boss Jurgen Klopp since joining from Roma in June 2017. The 33-year-old delivered his finest campaign last term under Arne Slot, netting 29 Premier League goals and contributing to the Reds' record-equalling 20th English top-flight crown.

Salah's trophy haul at Liverpool includes two Premier League titles, the Champions League, an FA Cup, two League Cups and various other significant honors. Yet his performances have declined sharply in 2025/26, with only five league goals to date.

Former Liverpool captain and center-half Carragher has outlined in his latest Telegraph column why Salah might have benefited from departing after the Reds secured the championship last season, reports the Liverpool Echo.

He wrote: "The timing of Tuesday's announcement strikes me as both perfect and clever. There will, inevitably, be retrospective suggestions that the decision is a year too late, and that it would have been better for all parties had he sought his farewell when the club won the Premier League trophy last May."

Salah is expected to receive a heartfelt farewell in Liverpool's final home game of the season against Brentford in late May. However, Carragher suggests that a more fitting goodbye would be with a Champions League triumph in the final on May 30.

Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool in the summer(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

The 48-year-old expressed: "As a soon-to-be ex-Liverpool player, he will soon come to view the place where he made his name – as I do – as part of his extended family. He will understand my point of view if or when anyone criticises Liverpool in the future.

"And he will also understand that while it is always sad when a great player leaves, no one is irreplaceable. Another Anfield hero always emerges.

"Confirming his intentions now guarantees the kind of emotional, grand farewell that a player of his standing deserves, which is why it was so critically important that neither he nor the club entertained any offers for him in the January window.

"I have one final admission, however. While I will celebrate his career, I have no wish to be part of a grand Anfield farewell after the club's final Premier League fixture in May. Every Liverpool fan has something far better and more dramatic in mind.

"Knowing Salah's mindset and competitive spirit, he will be setting his sights on the greatest of all possible goodbyes a week later: inspiring his team to victory in the Champions League final in Budapest. Do not bet against the perfect send-off."