Lord Alan Sugar has been accused of "f***ing foolishness" by Ian Wright after his recent comments regarding commentators at the Women's Euro 2022.
Sugar took to Twitter to bemoan the apparent lack of male commentators at the tournament before he then seemingly took credit for the addition of Arsenal legend Wright as a pundit during England's scintillating 8-0 victory over Norway on Monday.
The Apprentice star tweeted: “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.”
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Wright then took to Twitter as he posted a video venting his frustration at Sir Alan's "laughable" comments.
He said: “Everybody please, stop sending me the tweet, I was taking my daughter to her singing lessons. The tweet is blowing up and doing my head in. I can’t believe it.
“Alan, the thing is, my friend. Rather than saying, ‘I got it wrong, lots of men are working at all levels of the tournament.' You doubled down on some complete f***ing foolishness.
“You actually, in your mind, you actually thought that after you sent that tweet that the BBC phoned me up, never mind we’ve been ready and booked for a year, you think they called me up and said, ‘Ian, you’ve got to get back from Germany ASAP, Alan Sugar has tweeted, we can’t upset him, we need to get you on. You genuinely believe that happened, because I need to know, because that says to me my god, your ego is totally out of control. Where’s the people around you to hug you bro? You need some hugs man.
“Coming on Twitter for attention. It’s laughable. Stop doing it to yourself. Thank you for that tweet, because if it wasn’t for you I would have missed one of the greatest England games that has ever been played.
“In all seriousness, I’m glad you’re watching. Only thing you can find fault with doesn’t even exist. I sit in rooms with ex-players belittling the women’s game all the time. I’m so glad it annoys you and all of them. I hope you enjoy the tournament, can you please tweet again so I can work Friday?”
Wright's response comes after Sugar was trolled by BBC commentator Robyn Cowen during Monday's coverage of the Lionesses. Cowen. Referencing Sugar's original tweet bemoaning what he perceived to be a lack of male pundits and commentators, Cowen said: "We just had a lovely shot of one of our studio guests, Jonas Eidevall. One of our symbolic men. Good evening Lord Sugar."
