Aston Villa ends legal-action threat after Carragher apology
Sport · First reported 2 Nov, 11:49 · Updated 12:22
Aston Villa has dropped its threat of legal action against Jamie Carragher after the Sky Sports pundit apologised for remarks about the club, its fans and manager Unai Emery.
- Villa had announced on Friday that it would pursue legal action over Carragher’s podcast comments; it never filed a claim.
- Carragher apologised on Saturday, describing his language as clumsy and wrong and saying his remarks were intended as tongue in cheek.
- Villa subsequently ended its threat of legal action; a separate report also says the club would not take legal action following the apology.
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- Threat announced
- Friday; Villa said it would initiate legal action.
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- Carragher apologised on Saturday.
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- Villa dropped its threat and did not initiate legal action.
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