Jamie Carragher has reassured fans that he’s on the mend after a health scare forced him to bow out early from CBS Sports’ live Champions League broadcast.
A day after watching Liverpool at Anfield, the Liverpool icon started feeling under the weather during the Wednesday night show. Earlier that day, 47-year-old Carragher had made his way to London to fulfill his punditry duties for the American network.
He was initially part of the line-up alongside Kate Scott, Thierry Henry, and Micah Richards, gearing up for the evening’s Champions League last-16 matches. However, by the time the half-time whistle blew, Carragher was absent from the panel.
Host Scott informed viewers that Carragher had been feeling unwell, which prevented him from analyzing the night’s games, including Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa vs Club Brugge, and Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid.
During the matches, Carragher updated his followers on Instagram, saying, “Feeling better now and just checking if the team can cope without me,” with a snapshot of his TV screen tuned into CBS.
Having been in high spirits at the beginning of the show, especially after covering Liverpool’s game against Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield the previous day, Carragher rejoined the studio later on Wednesday. Upon his return, Scott welcomed him back with a nod to the biblical parable, remarking: “Tonight, just like the story of the prodigal son.”
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“A bit too big for his boots, he thought that life would be sweeter on the road, he thought he’d be away, enjoying drinking and reveling. But he took a major loss and realized his foolishness and he came home humbled, hoping that he would be accepted. Jamie Carragher, back in the chair.”
Carragher then shared a comical tale from his trip to London. Recounting the story, he said: “I was on the train this morning, obviously a bit disappointed with last night… the Champions League music comes on the train,” eliciting a moment of confusion from him.
“I’m thinking, ‘What? I haven’t heard that before’. That comes on, and then the guy starts saying, ‘When you get to Euston, if you want directions to Paris’.”
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“I’m thinking, ‘What’s he on about here?’ and then he did the same when we got there. So I said to the lad who was the attendant, ‘Where’s the train driver?’ He went, ‘Oh he’s three [carriages] down,’ it was too far to go, we just got into Euston.
“He was an Arsenal fan I found out, so he’s putting all that on. So I said to the attendant, ‘Just make sure you tell him that Arsenal haven’t won anything in 20 years and just make sure you tell him I told you and can you pass on the message please’.
“So the train driver had a bit of fun and hopefully maybe I had a little bit of fun later at his expense if his understudy told him.”
