Jamie Carragher has been axed from his Champions League TV pundit role tomorrow night after he was filmed spitting at a 14-year-old girl. The former Liverpool and England star was due to be working for Danish channel TV3 Sport and cover the match between Manchester United and Sevilla.
But they have pulled the 40-year-old from their line-up as Sky Sports bosses hold crunch talks to decide whether he should present Monday Night Football this evening.
Carragher arrived in London this morning as his £1million-a-year pundit jobs hangs in the balance and claims he 'did not see' the schoolgirl before he spat from the window of his Range Rover. She was left in tears after his saliva hit her in the face and said he should have 'taken it as a joke' when her father shouted '2-1, 2-1, unlucky Jamie lad, 2-1 lad' following Liverpool's loss to Manchester United on Saturday.
Carragher, who is worth around £15million, said today: 'I'll speak to the family again. I'm sorry. I'll apologise again today properly.
'I didn't (see the girl), to be honest, she was leant back. I wish she wasn't involved. I hate that she was involved more than anything.'
The unnamed girl told the Mirror: 'I have never been spat at by anyone before. I thought, "Why has he done that". I thought I had done something wrong.
'People in school take the mick and it is just a laugh. Someone like him who is older should be able to take a joke.
Her 38-year-old mother was 'extremely angry' and said that what Carragher did was the 'lowest of the low'. <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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