Aston Villa to sue ex-Liverpool star Carragher over ‘unacceptable insults’

Aston Villa will pursue legal action ⁠against pundit Jamie ⁠Carragher, the Premier League club has said, accusing the former Liverpool defender of making “unacceptable insults” about the ⁠club and their supporters. Villa’s response followed comments by Carragher on the Stick to Football podcast, where he told Villa ⁠supporters to “shut the [expletive] up” and said, “Aston Villa will never be Manchester United”, suggesting there is a hierarchy in football. “I’m not trying to annoy Villa fans but there is a chain in football, whether you like it or not,” said Carragher. “So Real Madrid will take Man United’s best player, they’ll take [Cristiano] Ronaldo. There’s very few above United, the same with Liverpool.