Aston Villa threaten legal action against Jamie Carragher after pundit claimed Unai Emery should replace Michael Carrick at Man United and told fans to 'shut the f*** up'

Published: 19:08 EDT, 30 October 2026 | Updated: 05:03 EDT, 31 October 2026 Aston Villa last night made the bombshell claim that they intend to take legal action against Jamie Carragher.In a statement on club channels carrying the name of co-owner Nassef Sawiris, Villa wrote: ‘Aston Villa will initiate legal action against Jamie Carragher for his unacceptable insults about the Club and its fans.‘Aston Villa will not allow anyone to stop our ascension in English and European football. Nassef Sawiris, Chairman.’Television pundit Carragher believes Emery would be the ideal manager of Manchester United if they decided to sack Michael Carrick.That has prompted a furious response from Villa fans on social media.Carragher doubled down on his view on The Overlap podcast this week, in which he told ‘Aston Villa fans’ to ‘shut the f*** up. Aston Villa have decided to launch legal action against Jamie Carragher in a row over his comments about Unai Emery‘I think Unai Emery is unbelievable with what he does year after year. That amount of change, players needing time to settle and he does it year after year.'But the reason I’m going to go back at Villa fans is I can’t believe that a manager who is so successful in the Europa League, take a player, if you’d won the Europa League three or four times (Emery has won it five times) surely you’ll then want to go for the Champions League.‘Aston Villa will never be Manchester United. I just think he didn’t do well at PSG or Arsenal, and maybe that’s because of egos in the dressing room and that sort of thing.'But surely he would want that opportunity to manage a giant again. There is a chain in football, whether you like it or not.’