John Barnes issues brilliant response to Carragher’s claim about £34m Liverpool ace

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John Barnes brilliantly told TalkSport Breakfast (21/09/20 at 8:30 am) that Sadio Mane will ‘definitely be slimmer’ than him after Jamie Carragher claimed the latter could overtake the Liverpool legend in their all-time XI.

Liverpool beat their potential title-challengers Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday, with Mane netting a brace for his team at Stamford Bridge.

After the match, Carragher claimed that when Mane finishes his career, he may well push Barnes out of Liverpool’s all-time XI [Read Here].

Barnes was reminded of Carragher’s comments and he then stated that whilst Mane has been ‘absolutely sensational’, Roberto Firmino is still the player for him.

“He’ll definitely be slimmer than me, I know that,” Barnes told TalkSport. “He has been fantastic.

“As we saw with Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez, if they stay there over a period of time, you can compare any of them to any great player of the past.

“For the time he has been here, he has been absolutely sensational. All three of them upfront. Salah has been great as well. But, for me, Firmino is still my favourite player because he knits it all together.”

Mane, who joined the club from Southampton for £34 million in 2016 [BBC Sport], has already written his name into the Anfield legendary books, it’s just a case of how far he will now push his legacy on Merseyside.

Whoever was going to help Liverpool win their first English league title after so many years was going to live long in the memory of the Reds fans… and this current crop of players have done just that.

But added with their Premier League and European Cup triumphs, a lot can be made of who you prefer in Liverpool’s all-time XI? From the silky touch of Barnes to the devastating power of Mane.

Or the calm and composed Dutchman Virgil van Dijk to the more no-nonsense aggressor, Carragher.