Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher gave his view on what the Reds should have done during the summer transfer window as Conor Bradley remains sidelined through injury
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Jamie Carragher is not convinced Conor Bradley is the ideal replacement for Jeremie Frimpong. Bradley has been sidelined since January after suffering a serious knee injury against Arsenal in January.
The full-back has already been ruled out of the upcoming November international fixtures by Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill. And as Jeremie Frimpong comes under scrutiny for some of his displays this season, Carragher believes his old club made a mistake by not bringing in a right-back this summer.
“Conor Bradley has done well enough - and sometimes I think you've got to go 'he's done well enough, give him his head',” he said on the latest episode of The Overlap.
“And they brought Frimpong in not as direct competition - he can do a bit of right-back and a bit of right-wing, so he can get his minutes there.
“Conor Bradley got his chance, got a bad injury, didn't do particularly well last season to be honest.
“Now my problem with it is - Conor Bradley, a good young player, has done really well, but if someone gets a bad injury, he's not that good that you don't need to replace him.
"You'd wait for Trent to come back, you'd wait for Andy Robertson to come back, but unfortunately I don't think you should be waiting for Conor Bradley to come back.
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Conor Bradley after he picked up an injury against Arsenal(Image: Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
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“You go and buy a right-back because Frimpong isn't one. And then when Conor Bradley comes back because he got a bad injury, he's got to fight for his place and I think that's fair.
“This thing of 'we're waiting for Conor Bradley to come back' - no. Liverpool are one of the biggest clubs in the world, you can't wait for Conor Bradley.
“You want to get him back and good luck to him, but they've made a massive mistake.”