Carragher would leave Liverpool if talks break down

Long-serving Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher insists he would have no qualms about playing for another club if he is forced to leave Anfield.

Carragher, 32, will have just one year remaining on his present deal at the end of this season and Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is yet to open talks over a renewal.

Benitez has given new deals to a host of stars this season with Spanish goalkeeper Jose Reina the latest to put pen to paper on an improved contract.

Carragher has figured regularly in Benitez’s team despite a poor start to the season and has now made a record number of European appearances for the Reds.

But the centre-back, who joined Liverpool 18 years ago, acknowledges there may come a time when he has to search for another club.

“The club will give me a new contract if they want to,” he told the Sunday Times. “If not it doesn’t matter, I’ll still play my best and if I have to move then I’ll move, no problem. It wouldn’t bother me.

“It’s up to the club, isn’t it? I play my football and I’ve got 12 months left in the summer.

“It’s a club thing. It’s down to them. I’ll keep playing and see where it takes me.”