Milos Kerkes has had a difficult start to his Liverpool career after signing for £40m from Bournemouth – and Jamie Carragher has issued another scathing criticism
Jamie Carragher cruelly compared Milos Kerkes to Liverpool failure Darwin Nunez in his latest criticism of the £40m defender. Liverpool beat out competition from Manchester City to sign Kerkes. Kelkes joined Anfield in June with a stellar reputation thanks to an excellent season at Bournemouth.
However, the 22-year-old Hungarian international is unsettled by the Reds’ summer signing theme, Arne Slot. Kerkes, who was on the bench for Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Leeds in midweek, was recalled by Slott to the starting XI for Sunday’s game against Fulham.
Carragher was asked whether his time away from the team was good for Kerkes, who shared playing time with fellow left-back Andy Robertson at the end of the calendar year and improved in December. “No, but I think it works out well for Liverpool in that I don’t think he should be playing every week,” the Liverpool legend told Sky Sports.
“A player called Andy Robertson is too good and needs to be in the game. When Andy Robertson was playing, he wasn’t playing as well as Kerkes. You would probably say that Andy Robertson’s performance was better than Kerkes.”
“He feels it’s tough and it’s been a struggle for him as well. He’s a young player but he’s going to have to improve in the second half of the season. There’s no doubt about that.”
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Carragher continued: “It’s interesting to watch him (Kerkez) play. I always remember talking about Trent Alexander-Arnold, who Liverpool obviously miss a lot, but he said it’s like having Kevin De Bruyne at right-back.”
“Sometimes when you watch Kerquez, it’s like having Darwin Nunez at left-back, it’s a little crazy. There’s no real thought process, what he’s doing with the ball, how he’s connecting with the other players, he just puts his head down and runs. He never looks up and he’s actually playing a pass.”
However, many Liverpool supporters were not happy with his comments. One fan wrote on X: “Carragher talking about Kelkes here is ridiculous…he’s been healthy for over a month now and has definitely been our best player in several games.”
“Carragher insulted Querquez and Darwin Nunez (who won the Premier League, by the way),” another source pointed out. “That person has become a complete weirdo lately.”
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After Liverpool’s 3-2 win over Newcastle in August, Carragher said: “Kerkes has had a really bad start to his Liverpool career. He felt really difficult against Bournemouth and was a bit nervous.”
“Today he played against (Anthony) Eranga and it wasn’t easy, but this (his effort on Bruno Guimarães’ goal) wasn’t enough. Just going to head the ball, he was just trying to stop players. It’s really, really poor. He’s not the biggest player, but he has to jump and he has to challenge in that situation.”
Carragher’s Sky Sports colleague Chris Boyd criticized Kerkes’ performance when Liverpool drew 2-2 with Fulham, conceding a goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time despite taking the lead three minutes earlier. “Kerkes ran down the left side many times, but the last ball wasn’t good enough,” Boyd said.
“He has definitely not reached the heights he had last season at Bournemouth. He will have to get used to the demands and pressure of playing for a club that has to win every game.”
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