Ian Wright shuts down Lord Sugar over ex-Spurs owner’s ‘foolish’ posts on Women’s Euro

Arsenal legend Ian Wright responded in brilliant fashion after Lord Alan Sugar ripped into coverage of Women’s Euro 2022.

The former Tottenham owner took issue with the lack of male commentators for the tournament and, just when he thought he could lean on Wright to help make his point, the former striker unleashed a two minute rant on Twitter to hit back.

Wright, who is known for being a huge advocate of women’s football, had been used as part of Lord Sugar’s argument after he was outed on BBC’s coverage during England 8-0 victory over Norway on Monday night.

“I was pleased to see my old mate Ian Wright was given the opportunity to commentate on the ladies game last night,” the business tycoon said the morning after the game.

“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.”

At the weekend, Sugar had complained about ‘ALL commentators’ on the Women’s Euro coverage being women, and that men’s football typically had a ‘symbolic’ female to ‘cover broadcasters a***’.

This is despite Wright being a regular part of the BBC’s coverage of the women’s game, with Sam Matterface and Adrian Durham doing the same for talkSPORT.

And Wright wasn’t going to let Sugar get away with name dropping him without a gentle reminder to his ‘old mate’.

Sat in his living room, Wright laughed to the camera: “Can everyone stop sending me the Alan Sugar tweet.

“Alan, my friend, rather than you saying ‘I got it wrong’, you doubled down on some complete f****ng foolishness.

“So in your mind you actually thought the BBC phoned me up?”

He continued: “That says to me your ego is totally out of control. Where’s the people around you to hug you bro? You need some hugs man.

“Look at you coming on Twitter for attention like this,” he laughed, “It’s laughable, stop doing it to yourself!”

In true Wright style, though, he kept a cool head throughout.

“In all seriousness, I’m glad you’re watching,” he added. “And the only thing you can find a fault with doesn’t even exist.”

He joked: “I hope you enjoy the rest of the tournament. Can you please tweet again so I can work Friday [for the next game]? God bless.”

God bless Ian Wright.