Jamie Carragher responds when Rio Ferdinand leads generalized criticism for the view of the Africa Nations Cup

Jamie Carragher has published a statement on social networks about his comments on the importance of the Africa Cup.

He Liverpool Great commented with little light that continental competition is not an “important tournament” and has many setbacks.

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Carragher was discussing the shape of Mohamed Salah at the time after another goal and helped in a 2-0 victory over Manchester City When the subject changed to his ballon of possibilities.

The Egyptian is currently the favorite of bets to claim the largest individual football award, which had never ended higher than the fifth previously.

In addition to that, the 32 -year -old even in the list of 30 men in 2024, and finished 11th in 2023.

Trying to explain why it had never been higher, Carragher said: “I think the problem is the fact that it is with Egypt, and is probably not playing in the main tournament as such or maybe it has a great opportunity to win.”

“I think it is the Champions League or the main tournament (who wins it), the player who stands out in that, like Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe at this time.

Micah Richards Then I had a quick contribution, saying: “I will only say, AFCON is an important tournament.

“Many people at home will say that they are taking it seriously. AFCON is an important tournament, just for you to know. “

Daniel SturridgeA former Carragher teammate in Liverpool, agreed with his team former Manchester City player, added: “It is a fact, it is a fact.

“If you want the euros or the Copa América, it is considered large, so AFCON is on the same level.”

Carragher murmured ‘Oh, my God’ during the debate, and looked at the camera in shock.

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However, it can be surprised by the criticisms he received, with former Salah teammate Egypt Ahmed Elmohamady leading to social networks to express his opinion.

“Jamie Carragher does not know what the main tournaments are because he never won one,” wrote the former right side of Sunderland, Hull and Aston Villa.

“AFCON is an important tournament. Very proud of having won it twice. “

Elmohamady won the continental competition in 2008 and 2010, and Salah did not appear in those triumphs before losing twice in the finals in 2017 and 2021.

Carragher never reached a final with England, although he won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005.

The expert has also faced Salah before due to their opinions, and has done the same with Ferdinand RiverThat this debate has also intervened.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former Manchester United defender said: “That comment is representative of most people, I think it is an ignorant thinking process.

“If you go to Didier Drogba (Samuel) Eto’o, (Riyad) Mahrez, Salah Now, will say ‘we have to win this’ yes, it is not supported as the investment of euros, but that does not mean that it has to devalue it, it is a continent of great power that contributes To European football massively.

“It must respect more than it is. I understand what Jamie is saying, but I do not agree with that, that is a majority opinion and it is not right.

“What Jamie is saying, and he is right, if Salah won AFCon, he would not be related to anyone’s vote on the Golden Ball and that is wrong, that was one of the parts he was discussing.”

Carragher called Ferdinand a ‘clown’ in response to this criticism on Instagram and has led to his X account to address criticism as a whole, admitting that his comments were ‘clumsy’.

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“The point I was trying to do yesterday was that Mo Salah is at a disadvantage playing for Egypt in terms of winning the ball,” he began.

“If Salah had an average season in Liverpool, but won the AFCon and it was MVP (the most valuable player), I don’t think the Golden Ball wins because I don’t think AFCon has the weight of other tournaments.

“But if (Kylian) Mbappe had an average season at Real Madrid but won the World Cup or euros, it would still have a great opportunity.

“It’s not just about certain tournaments, (Andriy) Shevchenko (Ukraine) (Robert) Lewandowski (Poland) was never going to win the World Cup/euros to help his case for the prize. I don’t think he is controversial at all. Just one fact. “

Going to the runners of Mane in the Ranking Ballon d’Or, he continued: “I know that Mane arrived second a few years ago after winning the tournament, but that would only have taken it to that position, I was two games from a quadruple that He also played an important role.

“It is not disrespectful if I feel that the WC/euros/CL are better tournaments, it is only my opinion when I see them. Saying that it was not an important competition was clumsy, but I think that most of the people who observed could understand the point that I was trying to do. “

He then addressed the appearance of the camera he did and why he had led to social networks to respond.

“The face I threw when Micah intervened had nothing to do with the merits of the tournament,” he said.

“I simply knew as soon as it did what was going to be the reaction! I have many people who didn’t like what I said and that’s fine.

“I usually don’t respond to things here with publications like this, but
I decided to tweet at the end after seeing so many phineys jump in the car and playing in the gallery when they knew what I meant.

“Good luck mo, little dancer.”

The good form of Salah has put Liverpool at the edge of winning a second title of the Premier League and the 20th High Flight Crown in general.

His goal against Manchester City, his 25th of the season, transferred him to the third in the list of maximum players of Liverpool score in history with 241.

And Salah himself said that this is his best season, while the manager Arne Slot said he is doing Very difficult things seem easy.

With the victory over City, the Reds moved 11 points at the top of the table.

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