Piers Morgan has criticised Jamie Carragher's decision to apologise to Aston Villa after the Liverpool legend faced legal action from the club over his comments about Unai Emery on the Stick to Football podcast
Piers Morgan and Jamie Carragher
Piers Morgan has lashed out at Jamie Carragher over his apology to Aston Villa(Image: Getty Images)
Piers Morgan has turned his fire on Jamie Carragher, telling the Liverpool legend to "grow a pair" in the wake of his apology to Aston Villa.
Carragher issued a public apology to Villa after the club announced it was intending to pursue legal action against the pundit over remarks he made regarding Unai Emery's links to Manchester United.
During an appearance on the Stick to Football podcast, Carragher stood by his suggestion that the Villa manager might be tempted by the prospect of replacing embattled United boss Michael Carrick at Old Trafford, telling disgruntled Villa fans to "shut the **** up" amid a wave of criticism.
"Surely he would want that opportunity to manage a giant again," Carragher said. "There is a chain in football, whether you like it or not. So Real Madrid will take Manchester United's best player, they'll take [Cristiano] Ronaldo. There's very few above United, same with Liverpool.
"But there will be teams below Aston Villa, and they'll take their manager, or they'll take their players, so shut the **** up Villa fans. Aston Villa will never be Man United.", reports Liverpool.com.
However, those remarks prompted Villa chairman Nassef Sawiris to release a strongly-worded statement through the club late on Friday, declaring: "Aston Villa will initiate legal action against Jamie Carragher for his unacceptable insults about the Club and its fans.
"Aston Villa will not allow anyone to stop our ascension in English and European football."
Carragher took to X on Saturday to make amends with the club, writing: "I'd like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners and their fans. My language this week was clumsy and wrong."
He added: "I can assure Villa fans it was tongue in cheek but I can understand it's not come across that way, so apologies. Good luck today UTV!".
However, the apology itself has drawn scrutiny, with TV personality Piers Morgan taking aim at Carragher's decision to row back on his earlier remarks, posting in response: "Why on earth are you apologising? Grow a pair."
Villa are yet to publicly acknowledge Carragher's apology.
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