Simon Jordan delivers brutal two-word response to James Maddison after public callout

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talkSPORT's Simon Jordan issued a swift response to James Maddison after the Tottenham star hit back at his criticism.

Maddison has become a Europa League winner with Spurs following a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the final on Wednesday night.

The 28-year-old didn't play in Bilbao due to a knee injury but scored three goals and assisted four throughout their European campaign.

Despite his absence, he was fully involved in the celebrations and bus parade before heading onto social media to embrace his triumph.

Maddison uploaded a clip of talkSPORT pundit and former Crystal Palace owner Jordan questioning his trophy-winning credentials.

"If you want to win something, you've got to bring players in that are able to operate at the highest level," he said in February.

"I look at players like James Maddison, I think they're good players, but I don't think you'll win things with James Maddison."

"Bookmarked it. Knew it would come in handy," Maddison said, with the end of the video including clips of him with the trophy.

However, Jordan responded by highlighting the midfielder's lack of minutes in the final against United.

He uploaded a screenshot of the Spurs team with Maddison nowhere to be seen, and sarcastically said: "Fair point."

Maddison was likened to Chelsea legend John Terry during the Spurs celebrations after wearing his full kit despite not playing.

Terry iconically did the same thing in 2012 when he was suspended for Chelsea's first Champions League title win against Bayern Munich.

Maddison tagged him in a post on his Instagram story and asked: "Anything to say tonight John?"

But Terry replied by boasting his incredible trophy success during his Chelsea spell and joked: "I remember my first trophy, ah bless them.

"Get the tequila out. Great season from you boys, you should all be proud! 16 [trophies] to go...

"After that performance I think you have a chance. You just have to live for 900 years."

Terry then took a picture of his replica trophy collection at home, with the Premier League and Champions League treasures on show.

Maddison also hit back at Roy Keane, who made a guest appearance on CBS Sports for the Europa League final.

Keane previously said on Stick to Football: "He got relegated with Leicester and he'll get relegated with Spurs."

Then during the post-final scenes, Maddison said: "I wasn't going to do any interviews but then I heard it was with Roy Keane."

He later replicated his darts celebration and shouted: "Roy Keane that's for you son!"

Keane then joked that Maddison played well against United in what was a cheeky dig at his absence from the pitch.

Spurs will return to their Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday as European winners when they host Brighton.

Ange Postecoglou's side will arrive 17th in the table but after their Europa League win, they may not be too concerned on the result.

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