Jamie Carragher had some damning criticism for Tottenham’s Joao Palhinha and the combative midfielder has not taken it lying down.

The 30-year-old is on loan at Spurs from Bayern Munich and has been featuring regularly under Thomas Frank.

The Portugal international came to prominence in the Premier League with Fulham, where he spent two seasons, before a big money move to Bayern which was worth up to £47.4m.

Things did not work out in Germany and he is back in England in north London but Carragher, while he accepts he does his job as a defensive midfielder, has made it clear he does not rate his quality on the ball.

Analysing Tottenham’s defeat to Chelsea earlier this month, Carragher said on Sky Sports: ‘We spoke about courage; now we can talk about quality. Palhinha hasn’t got

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