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Dominic Booth

Former Man United player Mikael Silvestre shocks Twitter with brutal Jamie Carragher jibe

Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has taken to social media to brutally mock his old Liverpool rival Jamie Carragher.

Ex- United man Silvestre has launched an out-of-the-blue attack on Carragher over the spitting scandal in March 2018 that saw the Sky Sports pundit temporarily suspended, amid calls for him to be sacked.

Carragher eventually returned to Sky's screens to work alongside fellow pundit and United great Gary Neville after apologising unreservedly for the incident, which saw him spit water out of his car window in the direction of a 14-year-old girl.

Silvestre clearly hasn't forgotten about it, as the Frenchman tweeted in response to Carragher's comments about Arsenal defender David Luiz - following the Gunners' 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, a game he covered for Sky Sports on Wednesday.

Carragher said, "I don't think we will see him the Premier League ever again", referring to Luiz.

That was after the Brazilian was sent off and made two errors leading to City goals at the Etihad Stadium, as competitive games returned for the first time in three months.

Silvestre then wrote on Twitter, quote-tweeting the Sky article on Carragher's comments, saying: "We all thought the same after he spat at football fans but he is back ... spiting at football players!" He then used three clapping emojis and the hashtag ' #jamiecarramity '.

The tweet was met with widespread shock from football fans, though some United supporters clearly enjoyed seeing a former Old Trafford favourite sticking the boot into the Liverpool legend.

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