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Aston Villa drop legal action threat against pundit Jamie Carragher

Aston Villa will not proceed with legal action against Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher following his apology for remarks made on a podcast.

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Aston Villa will not move forward with legal action against Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, BBC News reported on Monday. The Premier League club ended its threat after the former England defender apologised for comments he made on the Stick to Football podcast. [1]

Aston Villa announced on Friday that they planned to take legal action against Carragher over what they called unacceptable insults, BBC News reported. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the club statement was signed by Villa chairman Nassef Sawiris after Carragher suggested manager Unai Emery should replace Michael Carrick at Manchester United. [1][11]

Carragher also told fans to shut up when responding to their criticism, according to BBC News and the Daily Mail. Carragher apologised on Saturday, describing his language as clumsy and wrong, and stated that his comments were intended to be tongue in cheek, BBC News reported. [1][2]

Although Aston Villa never formally initiated the legal proceedings, BBC News reported that the club has now officially dropped the threat following Carragher's apology. [1]

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In short

  • Aston Villa dropped their threat of legal action against Jamie Carragher.
  • Jamie Carragher apologised on Saturday for using clumsy and wrong language on a podcast.
  • The dispute began after Carragher linked Unai Emery with Manchester United and told Villa fans to shut up.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Villa drop legal action threat against CarragherBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Why you can't blame Aston Villa chiefs for fighting back at Jamie Carragher as Fulham refuse to follow pundit in backing down as they earn deserved point, writes TOM COLLOMOSSEDaily Mail, 22h ago
  3. [3]Aston Villa to initiate legal action against Jamie Carragher for ‘unacceptable insults’The New York Times, 1d ago
  4. [4]Villa fans target Jamie Carragher during Fulham game after podcast commentsShropshire Star, 1d ago
  5. [5]Aston Villa update on Jamie Carragher legal action after Liverpool icon's apologyLiverpool Echo, 1h ago
  6. [6]Aston Villa U-turn on Jamie Carragher legal threat after pundit's grovelling apologyAOL.co.uk, 1h ago
  7. [7]Carragher apologises after Villa threaten legal action to get him to‘shut the f*** up’Inside World Football, 8h ago

Background

  1. [8]Mexican Revolution on Wikipedia
  2. [9]European Super League on Wikipedia
  3. [10]Villa on Grokipedia
  4. [11]Aston Villa threaten legal action against Jamie Carragher over podcast remarks FTMQ News, 2d ago
  5. [12]Lindsay Clancy set to return to court following trial mistrial FTMQ News, 19h ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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