GABBY AGBONLAHOR has launched a blistering attack on Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville and Roy Keane after the trio took aim at his Aston Villa career.

The former England striker hit back with a series of savage digs – branding Keane a “terrible coach” and cheekily suggesting Champions League winner Carragher was an “average player”.

Agbonlahor, 40, took offence after the three pundits laughed at him and questioned whether he cared more about his boyhood club now than he did during his playing days.

The row erupted on The Overlap, where Carragher accused the former Villa captain of barely running during matches.

But Agbonlahor was having none of it as he unleashed his response live on talkSPORT.

He said: “I don’t understand where they are going with it, Carragher said that I didn’t used to run.

“If you look at my social media, I posted a video of me winning a header against Carragher and Chris Sutton plays me through on goal.

“I don’t know what Carragher was towing when he was trying to catch me, I did that to Carragher every time I played against him – Neville as well.”

And the former speedster then turned his attention to Manchester United legend Neville.

He added: “Neville had a fantastic career, didn’t he? But whenever I played against him, he was one of the ones I targeted.”

However, Agbonlahor saved perhaps his most brutal put-down for former Villa assistant boss Keane.

He blasted: “Roy Keane, fantastic player – terrible coach. Walked out of Villa like he walked out of Republic of Ireland, so he can’t say anything.”

And he could not resist another swipe at Liverpool icon Carragher, joking: “It is tongue in cheek with Carragher, but come on, I know you won the Champions League, but average player.”

The extraordinary war of words began when Neville brought up a message Carragher had aimed at Agbonlahor on social media, suggesting the former striker showed more passion for Villa behind a microphone than on the pitch.

Carragher doubled down, declaring: “I see these people, and I watched you play – you didn’t even run.”

Keane backed his fellow pundit, adding: “I see ex-players who say they love the club, and you are thinking that when they played, it didn’t seem they loved it that much.”

The bitter exchange comes amid Carragher’s own explosive fallout with Aston Villa over his suggestion that manager Unai Emery would jump at the chance to take charge of Manchester United.

The ex-Liverpool defender infuriated supporters by telling them to “shut the f*** up” after they challenged his claims, prompting Villa chairman Nassef Sawiris to threaten legal action.

Carragher subsequently apologised for his remarks, admitting his language had been “clumsy and wrong”, before the club dropped its legal threat.

But Agbonlahor, who spent his entire senior playing career at Villa, refused to accept suggestions that his loyalty had ever been in question.

And talkSPORT colleague Scott Minto jumped to his defence, insisting: “I don’t think anyone can tell Gabby that he didn’t care about Aston Villa.”