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Eniola Aluko Slams Ian Wright For Blocking Female Football Analysts
Nigerian-born former female football star, Eniola Aluko has slammed Arsenal of England icon, Ian Wright and other male analysts for allegedly blocking opportunities for women who want to appear as pundits.
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Sports247 reports that Aluko, who made top marks for Chelsea Ladies, Juvebtus of Italy and England’s women’s national team for several years, felt slighted that Wright and other male pundits take over almost every broadcast.
Aluko, who sparked controversy last April when she declared that Wright needed to be aware of ‘the damage he was doing the women’s game,’ reiterated her view that male pundits are blocking female presenters.
She further alleged that male analysts have ‘gatekept’ women from being regular pundits and suggested that Wright’s presence is making it tougher for female analysts to get spots in the television industry.
The England ex-international added during ‘90s Baby Show’ that women are being blocked by the presence of male icons like Wright and Nigerian-born former defender, Nedum Onuoha, who are prominent in the ITV and BBC punditry teams.
Aluko recalled, “Last year, at the Women’s Lionesses final, I sat in the stands. I wasn’t on it for ITV for the final. Farah Williams was next to me. Farah Williams has 170 caps for England.
“The two broadcasters that had the rights – ITV, BBC. On BBC, you’ve got Ellen White, Steph Houghton and Nedum Onuoha. No offence to Nedum Onouha, nothing against him, I don’t know whether he played for England or not.
“You’re on the main panel for the final for England Women. Let’s go over to ITV, I’m in the stands with 105 caps, so you have got two women with 290 caps. For ITV, it’s Ian Wright, Emma Hayes and Kaz Carney.
“So out of six spots, two have gone to men, meanwhile you have got 290 sitting in the stands. I have never done a final and I am probably going to struggle to think of any woman, female pundit, who has done a men’s major final.”
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