Jamie Carragher issues grovelling apology statement after Aston Villa legal action threat

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So Real Madrid will take Manchester United's best player, they did it with [Cristiano] Ronaldo."And there will be teams below Aston Villa, and they'll take their players or manager, so shut the f*** up, Aston Villa fans. Aston Villa will never be Manchester United."Make sure you don't miss the biggest sports news and strongest opinion by making the Daily Express one of your Google preferred sources.Carragher took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday to issue an apology to Villa, explaining that he regretted his choice of words.He wrote: "I’d like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners and their fans.

My language this week was clumsy and wrong."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!"Carragher was heavily criticised by Villa supporters over his initial comments and insisted that he was only joking after "the stick Villa fans have given me over saying Emery may fancy joining Man United".I’d like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners & their fans.

My language this week was clumsy & wrong.I can assure Villa fans it was tongue in cheek but I can understand it’s not come across that way, so apologies. He added that he had been praising Villa and their manager "for years" and reiterating that his foul-mouthed message to their supporters had been "in jest".Carragher expanded on his comments on The Overlap Daily, saying: "I just think Unai Emery is the best manager in the league and if you're Man United you're thinking: 'What's the best we can get?'."I'm not saying he'll go, I'm just saying if it was me I'd ask the question.