Jamie Carragher's son lifts lid on his dad's advice as he eyes Premier League scalp

James Carragher knows he can rely on dad Jamie for advice, even if the Liverpool legend wants his son to go his own way. Carragher junior is currently playing for Wigan, having risen through the ranks at the League One side. Featuring at centre-back and right-back, the 22-year-old has made 25 appearances in all competitions this season. Having started the Latics' last three games, he is expected to feature when Shaun Maloney's side host Premier League Fulham in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday. The elder Carragher won two FA Cups during his time as a player for Liverpool.

But his son has revealed that the Reds legend stays away from delivering much advice. Instead, he prefers to take a back seat, to avoid any confusion with instructions from his manager Maloney. “I think he doesn’t want to get too involved and feel like he’s then telling me what to do and stuff like that,” the younger Carragher said. "But any little bits of advice or a bit of information he can give me after games, or even before games, he definitely does it to help me through it.

“Everywhere I’ve been I’ve always been the son of my dad. I’ve just taken it in my stride and just try not get it my way. I don’t feel the pressure to play, or I’ve got to be as good as him or anything like that. I just do my own thing and hopefully it can take me as far as I can get.”. Wigan, currently 16th in the third tier, have a pedigree of delivering upsets in the FA Cup, having won the competition in 2013. They then beat Pep Guardiola's side in the fifth round in 2018, with Carragher eyeing another historic day against Fulham, who sit ninth in the Premier League.

“It’s a big part of the history at the club and everyone should be proud of it, really,” Carragher added. “Even though us players we weren’t involved in that then, we should still be proud that we’re playing for a club who have achieved something like that. "It’s something that we all think about, even results we’ve had. The year after we won the FA Cup we got to the semi-final again against Arsenal, we beat Man City a few years ago 1-0 and it’s always just something that when you go into the FA Cup you believe as a club that we can get the result we want.

“We’ve had a free week training this week, so we’ve had a few meetings and we really targeted how Fulham want to play, so I think we’ve been set up really well to give it a really good go and give a good account of ourselves. “I think that’s the whole thing about the FA Cup, really. Look, at the Tamworth-Tottenham game. I understand Tamworth went out but that was only after the second period of extra time.

“Tamworth a few years ago would have had a replay at Tottenham now, which shouldn’t really happen really (given) the level between the two sides. So, hopefully we can have our own little bit of history, an underdog (story) and giant killing on Saturday and everyone will be made up.”. Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.