Jamie Carragher has clashed with Piers Morgan on social media as the pair's row over Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal walkout erupts, with the Liverpool icon calling Morgan an 'absolute phoney'
Jamie Carragher and Piers Morgan
Jamie Carragher and Piers Morgan
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Jamie Carragher has branded Piers Morgan an 'absolute phoney' as the social media feud between the two escalates.
The pair have been embroiled in a particularly heated exchange over recent days concerning Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal walkout. Morgan had publicly defended the former Manchester United star, along with Ronaldo's former teammate Rio Ferdinand. However, those actions have not gone down well with Carragher.
Speaking on The Overlap Daily, he said: "People think it's good to be close to people in the game, but this is where it becomes a problem.
"People like Piers Morgan and Rio Ferdinand, who are big people in the media whether you like them or not, are embarrassing themselves with the nonsense that they're coming out with because they know Ronaldo. You can know someone and try to look after them, but you cannot defend the indefensible."
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Television personality Morgan has since hit back on social media, bringing up Carragher and his Liverpool team-mates defending Luis Suarez after he was charged with racially abusing Patrice Evra in 2011, and an incident when Carragher spat at a young girl in 2018.
Morgan wrote: "So, @Carra23 dislikes me (and @rioferdy5) sticking up for our friend @Cristiano, or as he puts it 'defending the indefensible.' Here is the same Jamie Carragher supporting his friend Luis Suarez after he racially abused Patrice Evra."
He added: "But when it comes to 'defending the indefensible', I do admit I have sometimes done that @Carra23."
Morgan then highlighted one of his tweets from 2018 which stated: "Jamie Carragher was stupid to spit at that car, but no more stupid than the father was to be filming Carragher as he drove his daughter. So I hope @Carra23 keeps his job.
"He's a great pundit, has apologised profusely for what he did - and his victim behaved badly too."
Carragher was quick to fire back, responding: "We as a team did support our teammate and we were wrong. I apologised to Patrice on tv years ago, which then prompted Liverpool to send him a letter also apologising which was the right thing to do.
"Your reaction to my slight criticism saying you and Rio are in bed with Ronaldo so it clouds your judgement when speaking about him is embarrassing. You batter people every day, when it's the other way you storm out of a tv studio or get personal. All to get another interview you sycophant."
Addressing Carragher's spitting incident, the Liverpool legend continued: "Yes I remember, I contacted you to say I appreciated your support, you then tried to get me on your tv show to talk about it, so my appreciation waned a bit as I knew it wasn't as sincere as I first thought.
"It was all about an interview, as is your possessive fawning over Ronaldo and Trump. I also wouldn't be getting personal with your history or the other two you're defending, now that would be defending the indefensible."
In the meantime, he also posted an image of one of Morgan's newspaper columns in which he branded Ronaldo a 'spoilt brat'. Alongside it, Carragher wrote: "What an absolute phoney you are."
Morgan ultimately shared a selfie of the two of them and writing: "Mate, I even did a fan selfie for you recently to boost your profile...show a little gratitude!".
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