Carragher set to sign new contract

(GSM) – Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Jamie Carragher will be offered a new contract once the club’s ownership saga is resolved.

Carragher, 32, is in his final year of contract at Merseyside but Hodgson expects the defender to remain at Anfield.

“I’m sure it [a contract extension] will be a priority,” said Hodgson, whose team were drawn against Turkish outfit Trabzonspor in the Europa League play-offs on Friday.

“Quite frankly so much has happened in the last five weeks, the hours I’ve spent at the club are enormous, that we haven’t actually got round to discussing contracts with players.

“I now know that Carragher has got one year left. That’s the only contract of a player that I know about. If you asked me how many years the others have got, I haven’t got a clue.”