Maddison has been impressive for Leicester since joining the club from Norwich City last summer in a £20million deal.

“I think James Maddison is the one player outside of the top six who Liverpool should be looking at,” Carragher told Sky Sports.

“People have been talking about Coutinho coming back, but obviously, that hasn’t happened as he’s gone to Bayern Munich, but if you’re looking in the Premier League, yes he will cost a lot of money, but he should be the one Liverpool are looking at if you’re going to that next step up.”