The pair came to blows over BBC coverage of the Women’s EUROS
Ian Wright has hit out at Lord Sugar over comments he made about the Women’s EUROS this week.
The former Arsenal striker described the Apprentice star’s ego as “out of control” after he took to Twitter to complain about a lack of male commentators covering the tournament for the BBC.
He compared it with coverage of men’s football and the use of “symbolic female comentators (sic) to cover the broadcasters arse”.
“Should I complain there should me (sic) a male commentator in women’s football,” he added.
Shortly after the Norway game last night, which ended in a thrilling 8-0 win for the Lionesses, Lord Sugar “doubled down” on his previous comments and appeared to credit his own intervention with Wright’s appearance as a pundit.
“I wonder if my earlier tweet below touched a nerve,” he tweeted. “Of course BBC Sport will say not at all, Ian was already lined up for it.”
I was pleased to see my old mate Ian Wright was given the opportunity to commentate on the ladies game last night. I wonder if my earlier tweet below touched a nerve. Of course BBC sport will say not at all, Ian was already lined up for it @IanWright0 https://t.co/WgYGjWXWK4
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) July 12, 2022
Wright responded by saying the 75-year-old’s ego is “out of control”, filming a brutal video to shut the businessman down.
He said: “In your mind you actually thought after you sent that tweet that the BBC phoned me up and said, ‘Ian you’ve got to get back from Germany ASAP, Alan Sugar has tweeted and we can’t upset him’.
“You genuinely believe that happened? Because I need to know. Because that says to me that your ego is totally out of control.”
Watch his comments in full below:
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