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Jamie Carragher axed from being pundit for Manchester United clash against Sevilla by Danish TV
JAMIE CARRAGHER has been axed from his role working as a Champions League pundit for tomorrow night's second-leg clash between Manchester United and Sevilla.
Danish channel TV3 Sport have pulled the Liverpool legend, 40, from their line-up after he was filmed spitting in the face of a 14-year-old girl.
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Shock footage emerged of the TV pundit and Liverpool legend spitting in the face of a young girl after her father teased him about Manchester United's 2-1 win over the Reds.
Peter Norrelund, TV3 Sport's executive director, said: "It does not look good.
"He should have been at Old Trafford tomorrow for United-Sevilla, and we have chosen to sit over.
"We have sent an employee to Liverpool so we can get the story from the horse's mouth.
- Footage emerged yesterday of Carragher spitting at a 14-year-old girl through the window of his Range Rover
- The £1m-a-year pundit was photographed arriving in London this morning for a showdown with Sky bosses amid reports he could be sacked
- Danish TV station TV3 Sport has already confirmed Carragher will no longer front their Champions League coverage tomorrow night
- Joey Barton has said the former Liverpool defender should be sacked from his role
- Vinnie Jones branded him as a ‘coward’ on TalkSPORT
- Richard Keys – who resigned from Sky after a sexism scandal - said ‘this will be interesting’
- Go to Sun Football for all the latest
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Jamie Carragher apologises for spitting at 14-year-old girl, as he arrives at London Euston
"Whether it's about the receptionist or Jamie Carragher, we do not fire people before we've heard them.
"It does not look cool. But we are all people. We would like to hear him about it and hear what happened. Let's get it in place first."
Sky Sports are set to meet their pundit today for showdown talks over his future.
Carragher travelled to Euston station this morning and will speak with bosses in the afternoon.
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He was due to appear on Monday Night Football analysing Stoke's Premier League clash at home to Manchester City.
It now looks unlikely he will feature, with Gary Neville and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers instead due to run the rule over the match.
Carragher is thought to earn more than £1million a year working at Sky Sports in the role he landed after retiring from football in 2013.
The Mirror report that the ex-England defender will take two weeks off screen in a break which was agreed before footage of Carragher's spitting shame emerged.
Joey Barton said he can't see how Carragher won't be sacked in an interview with .
Vinnie Jones calls for Sky Sports to sack 'cowardly' Jamie Carragher after spitting incident
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And former Wimbledon hardman Vinnie Jones warned the Sky Sports pundit he would have dragged him out of his car and knocked seven bells out of him had he spat at his daughter.
Police can bring assault charges over spitting - or prosecute as a public order offence.
Carragher has said previously in a football column that players spitting at each other is “vile”.
The former England defender claimed he had been "goaded" by the family and apologised for spitting.
He tweeted: "Totally out of order and I've apologised personally to all the family this evening.
"I was goaded three/four times along the motorway while being being filmed and lost my rag. No excuse apologies."
Jamie Carragher was 'mad' to spit at 14-year-old girl and as a dad should know better, blasts talkSPORT pundit Joey Barton
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