Jamie Carragher explains why Mohamed Salah exit talk is ‘not too much of a problem’ for Liverpool

The Egyptian star has been linked with a move to Spain in recent days

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher (Sky Sports)

Jamie Carragher doesn’t believe Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool for Real Madrid or Barcelona.

Talk of an exit from Anfield has been rekindled in recent days after the Egyptian international gave an interview in the Spanish press indicating his admiration for the two Spanish giants.

There are also suggestions he is unhappy after being overlooked for the captaincy in a recent Champions League game.

But former Reds defender Carragher is unconcerned and is of the belief the time for Salah, at 28-years-old, to leave for La Liga may have come and gone with the pull of both clubs not what it was in recent years.

"I don't think it's really a debate as much now as it was a few years ago," Carragher said on Sky Sports. 

"I think even when Manchester United were top dogs and Cristiano Ronaldo went to Real Madrid it still felt like a step up in some ways because Real Madrid were Real Madrid. But I really do feel the two Spanish giants have fallen so far.

"Salah has two-and-a-half years to go. I'm not really looking at it as too much of a problem.

"Real Madrid spent a lot of money on [Eden] Hazard when he was at that age. Salah is getting to that age now. 

"I just think that when you're wanting to spend that kind of money you want them to be 25, 26 to get that real value for them.

"If he did go - I don't see it - then it would be massive money for Liverpool, but I just think the time now has sort of gone."