Mohamed Salah's dream Liverpool exit collapses after Jamie Carragher Anfield farewell comments

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Mohamed Salah won't get the fairytale Liverpool send-off that Jamie Carragher had envisioned following their Champions League exit. The Reds were dumped out of Europe on Tuesday after a 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield , suffering a crushing 4-0 aggregate loss to the reigning champions.

The match was also Salah's last European appearance for the club, with the 33-year-old cutting a dejected figure as he applauded the supporters after the final whistle . The winger made 83 Champions League appearances for Liverpool , netting 47 goals and registering 19 assists.

Most notably, he netted the winner in the 2019 final against Tottenham Hotspur, while also featuring in the two final defeats against Real Madrid in 2018 and 2022. The crushing loss to the French giants confirmed that Salah's farewell will take place at Liverpool's last home fixture of the season against Brentford in late May.

While his emotional goodbye will undoubtedly be a momentous occasion next month, it was one Jamie Carragher confessed he had no desire to be part of. The Liverpool icon previously disclosed in his Telegraph column that a more worthy farewell to one of the club's all-time greats would have been lifting his second Champions League title next month.

The 48-year-old wrote: "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.

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"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.

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"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."

With just six matches remaining in his illustrious Liverpool career, Salah will be as driven as ever to propel his side towards Champions League qualification. The Egyptian revealed his plans to depart Anfield during last month's international break in a video shared on X.

In an emotional farewell message, Salah began: "Hello everyone. Unfortunately the day has come. This is the first part of my farewell. I will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. I wanted to start by saying that I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, these people, would become part of my life.

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"Liverpool is not just a football club, it's a passion, it's a history, it's a spirit. I can't explain in words to anyone not part of this club. We celebrated victory. We won the most important trophies and we fought together through the hardest time in our life.

"I want to thank everyone who was part of this club throughout my time here, especially the team-mates past and present. And to the fans, I don't have enough words. The support you showed me through the best time of my career and you stood by me in the toughest time.

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