Jamie Carragher warns Jurgen Klopp he must keep Roberto Firmino at Liverpool this season

Jamie Carragher has urged Liverpool and supervisor Jurgen Klopp to maintain Roberto Firmino amid experiences linking the Brazilian to Juventus. 

Firmino’s present contract with Liverpool expires subsequent summer time and there have been no indications {that a} new supply is on the desk. 

Former defender Carragher believes Liverpool ought to threat dropping the 30-year-old for nothing subsequent yr reasonably than get ‘caught quick’ when it issues this season.  

Jamie Carragher (left) says Liverpool should maintain Roberto Firmino for the upcoming season 

Talking to Soccer Day by day, Carragher mentioned: ‘I do not assume it is a threat dropping him for nothing. I’ve felt for a few years now that Firmino would see this contract out and transfer on for nothing.

‘I feel getting £19m or conserving Firmino subsequent season, I might in all probability maintain him. The state of affairs Liverpool discover themselves in, they do not need to be caught quick.

‘I feel Firmino could have an enormous position. Hear, Nunez would possibly take time to settle and he’s enjoying within the Premier League. And that is not nearly his means, it is about coming to a special league. 

Firmino has a yr remaining on his present Liverpool deal and has been linked to Juventus 

‘So, I feel Firmino may very well be actually vital this season and I feel he would possibly truly begin the primary few video games of the season and I can think about Nunez coming off the bench.’ 

‘I’m not fairly positive in regards to the Juventus hyperlinks. Clearly, we have now spent some huge cash on a striker and Juventus play a 4-3-3, if I’m not mistaken, so I could not see Firmino enjoying extensive or going there to be an understudy.

‘The hyperlinks could also be true, I do not know, however I might maintain him.’

Carragher believes £85million striker Darwin Nunez might have time to settle into the league

Firmino has been an integral a part of Liverpool’s success in recent times, having gained the Premier League, Champions League and Membership World Cup. 

He has scored 98 objectives in 328 appearances for the Reds since becoming a member of from Hoffenheim in 2015, however he has performed much less following the success of Diogo Jota since he joined from Wolves in 2020. 

Firmino’s former strike accomplice Sadio Mane has moved on to Bayern Munich this summer time however Firmino reiterated his want to remain at Anfield following Saturday’s 3-1 Neighborhood Defend win over Manchester Metropolis. He advised TNT Sports activities Brasil: ‘I really like this crew, this metropolis and the followers. I am right here. I need to keep after all.’