Gary Neville believes Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool - but Jamie Carragher does not see the issue as too much of a problem for his old club.
Salah has become the subject of transfer speculation amid reports that he is not entirely happy at Anfield.
In an interview with Spanish media outlet AS, the Egyptian ace expressed disappointment that he was not given the captain's armband in the Champions League dead rubber against Midtjylland.
He also spoke of his admiration for Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Egypt football legend Mohamed Aboutrika has suggested that Salah did not seem happy during Liverpool's 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace.
Salah responded by posting a picture of himself smiling on social media - but this has not stopped people talking.
On Sky Sports' Monday Night Football show, former Manchester United defender Neville said: “I thought Salah would always leave Liverpool.
"I said it a couple of years ago but it was perhaps a bit premature, but I just always had the feeling that he would want to go and explore the feeling of playing in a different country, that he would have aspirations to do so, so it doesn’t surprise me."
Neville picked Salah ahead of team-mate Sadio Mane in his Premier League team of 2020.
“The reason I have always chosen Salah over Mane is because he is cold blooded," he added.
"Mane is a team player, he would put the team first, Salah is cold blooded but that’s not a negative.
"That makes Liverpool vicious as a team because he’s the type to do it again and again, he will not stop.
“That’s probably why the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain are probably in his ear.
"He’s got two-and-a-half years on his contract, I don’t think Liverpool would be forced to sell and they won’t be messed around because they’ve got a strength and authority there in Jurgen Klopp, so they can just relax a little bit.
“But there will come a decision in the next six months, the next 18 months, on what to do with him because if he doesn’t sign a new contract, they won’t let him run the contract down, and they’ll see an opportunity to bring in someone else.”
Meanwhile, Carragher said: “I don’t really think it’s a debate now as much as it was a few years ago.
"I think even when Manchester United were the top dogs and (Cristiano) Ronaldo went to Real Madrid, it felt like a step up because Real Madrid are Real Madrid, but I just feel like the two Spanish giants now have fallen so far.
“I think Salah, he’s got two-and-a-half years to go, I’m not really looking at it as too much of a problem.
"Real Madrid spent a lot of money on (Eden) Hazard when he was that age, it’s just that year or two older. If he did go, it would be massive money, I think his time right now, he’s over that age.”
