Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has named what he believes is the club’s all-time greatest XI – and left out iconic players including Xabi Alonso, Luis Suarez and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Given their status as one of the biggest and most successful teams in the history of football,

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has named his all-time Reds XI and just two of the current crop of players have made the cut. With Liverpool’s most consistent glory days coming in the second half of the 1970s and first few years of the ’80s, it is those teams that are best represented in Carragher’s side.

JAMIE CARRAGHER has named his all-time Liverpool XI. The former Reds defender made 737 appearances for the Merseyside club between 1996 and 2013. Carragher, 46, is second on Liverpool’s

From the early to late 2000s, Old Trafford was home to David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Ji-Sung Park and, occasionally when asked to fill in out wide, a certain Wayne Rooney. Now, this is not a point designed to make Manchester United supporters feel nostalgic.

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool were unable to win the Premier League during his playing days due to a lack of star quality on the wings, despite being consistently strong in Europe

Speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap's Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, Carragher named just two current Liverpool stars in the all-time XI – despite the club's success in recent years under former manager Jurgen Klopp.

Jamie Carragher did not include himself in his all-time Liverpool XI, selecting current Reds captain Virgil van Dijk next to Alan Hansen instead.

Former Liverpool defender Carragher revealed his choices for the all-time best XI of the Reds during a recent interview on the Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast.