Ian Wright is a footballing & cultural treasure. His bravery to perfectly articulate & spark uncomfortable conversations is so powerful. The lack of empathy from people demonstrates an unconscious privilege & no lived suffering / experience.
Bellingham, Sterling, Rashford, Saka, Lewis-Skelly, Pogba, Lingard, the names change but the treatment doesn't. Confidence, bravado & outgoing black footballers spark insecurity & hate. The Kante & Pogba analogy couldn't be more accurate.
Jack Grealish's behaviour is bulletproof, Phil Foden can cheat on his partner on England duty - the treatment & coverage is not the same. White players have been brutalised, but that's merging two separate issues. The intent is different & it's not a justification either.
Craig Hope, Richard Keys, Matt Law, we see you.
I’m gonna be honest. I hate this. Why on earth is he trying to make an opponent feel better and help him to regain confidence?
Laugh in his face, tread on his toes, push him about. Jesus man what has football become
'Amorim... or if not Neil Warnock or pay the big money for Ian Holloway from Swindon.' 🤣🤣
I still don't know if this guy was on a wind up, but a good sport either way. @SkySportsNews#mufc 🔴
I heard what Canelo said that he respects me but doesn't like the way we do business.
As for him respecting me, it doesn't matter to me if he does or not.
As for the way I do business, I know why he doesn't like it, because I only target big fights at fair prices, so of course anyone who likes easy fights won't like that.
And I know how he feels after losing to Bivol, so he's been looking for easier fights ever since. Also, I'm not the one who's afraid of fighting Benavidez or Crawford.
Therefore, I knew he was wasting our time and making excuses with big amounts of money that can't be paid.
So I'm continuing my way to make big fights that serve the boxing world, and he's on his way to making easy show-only fights.🤷🏻♂️🥊
José Mourinho beat Wenger in his 500th game in charge of Arsenal, gave him 9 years to prepare, called him a "specialist in failure", piped him 6-0 in his 1000th game and then left the game early to tell his wife the score.
Nothing will top this.