Former England defenders Jamie Carragher and Rio Ferdinand have been engaged in a back-and-forth, with ex-Liverpool star Carragher taking aim at one-time Man Utd man Ferdinand
Jamie Carragher has continued his war of words with Rio Ferdinand over the influx of money into football from Saudi Arabia.
The summer transfer window has seen a number of stars leave European clubs for big-money contracts in Saudi Arabia. Ruben Neves has left Wolves for Al Hilal, while French internationals Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante have both moved to the Gulf state and Bernardo Silva has also been linked.
One of the latest names to move to the Saudi Pro League is Steven Gerrard. The former Liverpool captain has taken over as manager of Al Ettifaq, and Ferdinand used the move as ammunition to ask questions of his former England international colleague.
“Jamie, Jamie Carragher, where are you man?” Ferdinand had earlier said on his FIVE YouTube channel. “I heard a lot of talk, a lot of negativity about Saudi. ‘Oh Bernardo Silva, I can’t believe it, it’s a disgrace, it needs investigating…’