Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has stoked his sudden feud with Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings.

After a column criticising Mings last week after losing the Villa captaincy, Mings hit back at Souness on social media.

Mings Tweeted: "What a weird article. That zoom call I was invited on was 2 years ago & he said nothing to me at the time, now wants to drag me into his pointless column.

"Btw, I've achieved plenty from where I started. Happy to chat things through if you ever need me."

If Mings thought that would end the matter it didn't take Souness long to put him right.

Souness responded this morning on talkSPORT, stating: "I was a manager for, I think, 880 games.

"When you are a manager and you decide to take the captaincy from someone, that is as bad as it gets for that individual.

"You know you've lost him forever. There's nothing you can do."

A startled host Jim White, cut in to ask: "Forever?"

Souness replied: "Yeah forever, to get him back onside. So to do it is a major step. You would have to have a good reason to do that.

"There is something in Tyrone Mings' makeup that Steven Gerrard doesn't fancy. Forever.

"I'm putting myself there, I'm a player, the captain of the football club and someone takes the captaincy off me.

"I'm done with the manager. In fact MY personality, I couldn't stay at the club, I've got to go now."

Souness went on to repeat his offer to Mings to follow up his offer to call him …. live on air if necessary.

"I'll come back to it," said Souey. "Tyrone Mings, bring it on son.

"If you want to have a conversation with me about football - I'm not sure what I'm going to learn - phone talkSPORT. We'll have the chat."