Jamie Carragher names his all-time Liverpool XI and only two current players make the cut

Jamie Carragher has named two current Liverpool players in his all-time greatest XI and says one more could potentially make the cut in the future.

Carragher, 46, is one of the most loyal servants in Liverpool's 132-year history, with the defender second on the all-time appearance list for the Merseyside club - having played 737 times for the Reds.

Only legendary midfielder Ian Callaghan (840) has made more appearances for the club.

During his time with Liverpool, boyhood Everton fan Carragher won the Champions League as well as two FA Cups, three League Cups and the UEFA Cup.

But he left himself out when naming his all-time Liverpool XI.

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.

"I would go with Ray Clemence just over Alisson [Becker], just for the fact he won so many trophies," said Carragher.

"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.

Carragher has named his greatest Liverpool XI (Image: Getty)

"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. If Luis Suarez would have won the league with Liverpool – he won one trophy. If he had a league title and a European Cup to his name, I would have put Suarez in.

"But you think about what Rush did in those cup finals against Everton – I was crying on the way home!"