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Jamie Carragher during his role as a Sky Sports pundit.
Jamie Carragher has revealed his concern about Liverpool, while another pundit thinks Alexis Mac Allister is being let down.
Liverpool have had a mixed start to the 2026/27 campaign, but they earned an impressive 2-1 win against Atletico Madrid in their Champions League opener on Wednesday night.
Midfielder Mac Allister scored the winning goal after he hit out at Liverpool for refusing to offer him a new contract.
Mac Allister, who is under contract until 2028, arguably does not deserve a contract after he was poor for Liverpool last season, but former Reds defender Stephen Warnock has sympathy for the Argentina international.
Warnock has used Mac Allister as an example of a player who is currently being let down by Iraola’s “dysfunctional” team.
“I don’t think Mac Allister has to show his importance to Liverpool, I think everyone knows the qualities he has got anyway,” Warnock said.
“He has got to be put into the right system to make it work…”
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“I think there will be a lot of talk about him because of what has gone on in the past few days, but I think Liverpool fans were already asking why hasn’t he been offered a new contract when other players have.
“To come out and talk about a contract situation like he did, a couple of days before a game, and to be able to back it up the way he did with a good performance is important – but it is over the course of the season, where his performances are important because if he wants a contract and he thinks he deserves a contract then if his performances are good, he will get one.
“We all know the qualities that he has got – he is a World Cup winner, a Premier League winner, we know that he’s a very good player, it is just he has got to be put into the right system to make it work.
“At the moment Liverpool’s system is a little bit dysfunctional but it is starting to get better and he will get better because of that.”
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Carragher, meanwhile, has an issue with Liverpool’s attack, having argued that they need to “fit into a team”.
“A little bit worrying for me with Liverpool and it happened last summer and maybe a little bit with Barcola as well. It feels like we’ve become a club who are buying names rather than actually thinking where they’re going to fit into a team,” Carragher said on CBS Sports.
“Right now, on paper, Liverpool have got great names and great individuals.
“They’ve got three attacking players who cost over £100m. It’s how it all fits together, and I’m still not sort of clear as to understanding how this will all work.”
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