![]() I am happy to call him a clown."īoth Henry and Richards ended up looking sheepish as Abdo moved the segment on. "I just thought some people were getting a little bit carried away." When Richards asked him to name names, Carragher responded: "Rio Ferdinand. But as a defender we have got to try and stick together haven't we? ![]() "I can understand attackers wanting a penalty like you but Stevie was an attacking player wasn't he so maybe he thought there was a little bit of contact. When players in my position, English defenders who are commentating, I am putting myself in their shoes. "I can understand where he is coming from. "I mean he was liable, every now and again, to go down himself under a little bit of contact, always contact. "He is an attacking player, isn't he?" the former defender said. ![]() Much to the delight of co-pundits Thierry Henry and Micah Richards, Carragher backtracked on his previous comments before taking aim at Ferdinand. However, embarrassment was to come for the 45-year-old when Kate Abdo produced a tweet from BT Sport's coverage of the semi-final where Gerrard had described Martinez as being unlucky to see the penalty overturned. "I think anyone out there who is watching the replay and seen what VAR do and still believe that is a penalty, they must be a clown," he declared on CBS Sport. Initially the spot kick was given for Simone Inzaghi's men but the decision was overturned by VAR.ĭiscussing the decision, Carragher immediately set his stall out. The inquiry continues on Monday, with Steve Whybrow SC, Lehrmann’s barrister, expected to give evidence.Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said he was happy to call Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand a clown after mistakenly slamming his old teammate Steven Gerrard during Inter's victory over AC Milan in the Champions League.ĭuring the 2-0 win at the San Siro, Inter felt they should have had a penalty when Lautaro Martinez went down in the area. “That advice was abundantly clear that that speech should not have been made.” “A senior journalist sitting next to a media lawyer could not arrive at any … conclusion other than I should not give a speech. He said he had clearly warned Wilkinson any publicity could result in a stay. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.īut he accepted he should have corrected the record about the fact a note of the meeting with Wilkinson had not all been taken contemporaneously, and had in part been authored by him, and not a more junior member of his office.ĭrumgold rejected a suggestion by Sue Chrysanthou SC, for Wilkinson, that he had added the information to the file note of the meeting after learning of the Logies speech to justify his “failing” to warn her against giving the speech. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. He said he was making no such allegation and was simply answering questions from counsel assisting Erin Longbottom KC regarding his mindset at the time of writing the letter. On Friday, Drumgold rejected suggestions from Kate Richardson SC, for the AFP, that it was improper for him to make “the gravest allegation” against Kershaw, which she said would have amounted to an attempt to pervert the course of justice. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup He said he was struggling to understand multiple unusual “strands” in the case and wondered whether a possible explanation was that pressure was being applied from senators Linda Reynolds and Michaelia Cash on to the AFP commissioner, Reece Kershaw, and in turn on to the officers investigating the case. Drumgold said on Wednesday while giving evidence that at the time he wrote an explosive letter to the ACT chief police officer in November 2022, he felt it was “possible, if not probable” that a conspiracy existed.
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