Carragher: Liverpool may never win the league again

After finishing fourth last season, the Reds currently sit in seventh place in the Premier League, nine points behind Manchester United and Manchester City after just seven games.

Carragher can only see the gap widening given the spending power which both Manchester clubs have, and fears for his old side's progress over the next few years.

The one-club man wrote in the 'Telegraph': "Liverpool will not win the title this season. I am not convinced Jurgen Klopp will ever be able to bring it back to Anfield.

"I am not sure when my old club will win it again. I certainly do not see it happening in the near future.

"Given the history and expectations at Anfield, has Liverpool become English football's impossible job?"

Carragher highlighted the Reds' transfer activity over the summer in comparison to Manchester United, who they finished above in the league last term.

"Last summer Liverpool and United were in a similar position; preparing for the Champions League, knowing to go up a level and be serious title contenders they had to make the right signings,' he wrote.

"United, in sixth, acted. Liverpool, in fourth, did not. This is a trend. It is typical of what happened when Brendan Rodgers and (under previous owners) Rafa Benítez and Gerard Houllier had their best sides. 

"Houllier, Benítez and Rodgers were in a position where they needed one more step to give good teams an even better chance of winning the title. They could not do it. My fear is Klopp will be looking back at the summer as his opportunity spurned."