Liverpool is arguably the most successful team in England, having won 51 major trophies, including 19 League titles, 8 FA Cups,10 League Cups,6 Champions League, 1 Club World Cup, 4 Super Cups, and 3 UEFA Cups.
Merseyside has seen great players don the famous red shirt, including Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, John Aldridge, Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard, Steve Nicol, and Jamie Carragher and current players like Mohamed Salah, Allison Becker, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Jordan Henderson and Trent-Alexander Arnold.
Given the opportunity to pick his all-time Liverpool X1, Jamie Carragher included only two current Liverpool squad in his all-time X1.
Who are Jamie Carragher’s all-time Liverpool X1?
Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, Jamie Carragher said: “I would go with Ray Clemence just over Alisson [Becker], just for the fact he won so many trophies.
“Right back, Phil Neal or Trent [Alexander-Arnold]. Steve Nicol might do a job for me at left back – when you think of players who have played for AC Milan and won the European Cup four of five times, and we go “wow”, [same with] Real Madrid and Barcelona players – Neal won four European Cups – it’s unbelievable. At the end of Trent’s career, I’ll probably say Trent, but I’ll go with Neal due to the fact he’s won four European Cups.
“I would go with Virgil van Dijk and Alan Hansen – that would be a great partnership [at centre back]. Andy Robertson may come into the equation, but Liverpool haven’t had a history of unbelievable left-backs – even when they were successful.
“I’m going to go for Nicol at left-back, he had a great combination with the guy in front of him who’s going to play, John Barnes in that late 80’s team. Nicol was a player a little similar to me – right back, centre-back, left back, but he was that good for Liverpool.”
He added in the midfield and attack: “Graeme Souness has to be in central midfield alongside Steven Gerrard.
“On the right, there’s two options. Before Mo Salah joined the club, Ian Callaghan. He is the only player who has played more games for Liverpool than me. He played 860 games, and he won the second division with Liverpool and then one of his last games was the 1977 European Cup final.
“So, you think of that journey from being a second division player, a local player, but Mo Salah’s got to go in on that right side.
“Kenny Dalglish has got to play [up front] and Ian Rush goes in because of what he won.”
Jamie Carragher Liverpool All-Time X1
- GK – Ray Clemence
- RB – Phil Neal
- CB – Virgil van Dijk
- CB – Alan Hansen
- LB – Steve Nicol
- RW – Mohamed Salah
- CM – Graeme Souness
- CM – Steven Gerrard
- LW – John Barnes
- CF – Kenny Dalglish
- CF – Ian Rush
