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Stan Collymore and Joleon Lescott's disagreement continues to rumble on, report the Birmingham Mail.

Collymore slammed the Aston Villa defender on Twitter after he suggested that relegation had come as a relief for the players on Saturday.

Villa's fate was sealed when a 1-0 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford consigned them to Championship football next season.

Lescott reacted to that by saying the result was a "weight off the shoulders" of the squad, prompting an angry response from Collymore:

And later, Collymore posted a screenshot of a private conversation between the pair. The former Villa star subsequently deleted the post, but fan site 7500 to Holte took a screen grab:

LESCOTT: We need to sort this out. You think I'm a t*t I got a similar opinion of you. Tried to get in touch via Jack which you didn't want so now I'm askin you do you really wanna get together and sort this out as men.

COLLYMORE: Sort it out as men? Your not talking to some of the lightweights in the dressing room now. You'll see me in good time, probably this season. In the meantime try not to say anything else stupid on Twitter or in post match press comments because to be honest the car thing was ****ing embarrassing and today to say the weight was now off the shoulders was a good insight into the shambles that is the dressing room.

After deleting the post, Collymore followed up with a pointed joke, referencing Lescott's infamous excuse after a Twitter gaffe earlier this term: