Aston Villa drop Carragher legal action threat after pundit’s apology for X-rated rant

Aston Villa have dropped their threat to sue Jamie Carragher for unacceptable insults to the club and fans after the TV pundit apologised for his remarks. Carragher infuriated Villa chiefs last week by saying the club’s supporters should “shut the f*** up” and recognise that their manager, Unai Emery, might be tempted by the prospect of joining Manchester United because they are a bigger club. Villa responded by threatening legal action, which Carragher appears to have averted by posting a statement on Saturday in which he said his language had been “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, he added. It is understood that Villa did not get as far as initiating legal proceedings and it is unclear on what grounds they would have sought to sue the former Liverpool and England defender. Aston Villa will never be Manchester United Carragher sparked the controversy with remarks