Jamie Carragher has admitted he was clumsy and wrong in describing the Africa Cup of Nations as not being a major tournament.

The former Liverpool defender faced criticism after suggesting AFCON would offer little help to Mo Salah, in his bid to earn the Ballon d'Or.

The ex-England international doubled down on his assessment of AFCON's failure to resonate in Ballon d'Or voting but has committed to being more thoughtful with his language moving forwards.



I was trying to explain the merits of Mo Salah winning the Ballon d'Or, and I feel that not just AFCON, I would say the Asia Games, the Gold Cup, not so much the Copa America, but there are five major tournaments out there besides the World Cup that are for their continent and are a major tournament.

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"But some of them don't resonate with the people who vote for the Ballon d'Or(

Jamie Carragher made his AFCON claim on Sky Sports.

As I said, I should have been a lot tidier with my language around that, so yes, that's something I'll look at.

"But as I said, you do look at the Euros, where it's at right now, and other competitions, and some of them resonate with the Ballon d'Or voters, who sometimes are journalists, national coaches, national captains.

And one of the reasons might be, sometimes we forget, the Ballon d'Or was the European Footballer of the Year.