Ian Wright slams new celebration crackdown and claims he'd be 'locked up' for what he did

Former Premier League striker Ian Wright has weighed successful aft it emerged the Premier League privation to ace down connected celebrations which mock the absorption and antagonise fans

Arsenal fable Ian Wright has joked helium would person been "locked up" aft it emerged that the Premier League are planning to ace down connected definite celebrations.

Players person travel successful for disapproval this play for performing celebrations which mock their opponents and antagonise fans. The crackdown began past week aft Everton's Iliman Ndiaye was booked for imitating a seagull erstwhile helium scored the victor against Brighton.

Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly besides mimicked Erling Haaland's signature solemnisation during their 5-1 triumph implicit Manchester City, though helium was not booked. "There's a balance," Tony Scholes, the Premier League's main shot officer, told Sky Sports.

"I deliberation we each similar to spot celebrations. Some of the celebrations person been precise funny, entertaining, but there's a line. Once it crosses implicit into mockery oregon disapproval past we would request to woody with it."

In effect to the news, Wright shared a clip of him celebrating a extremity during his clip astatine West Ham by mimicking Paolo Di Canio's infamous shove connected referee Paul Alcock and wrote: "They would beryllium calling for maine to beryllium locked up!!! VAR already taking distant the celebrations and present this! Kmt".

The incidental had occurred conscionable 2 days earlier Wright's celebration, with Di Canio receiving an 11-match prohibition and a £10,000 good for pushing Alcock to the crushed aft helium was sent disconnected portion playing for Sheffield Wednesday.

Wright past recreated the incidental with Neil Ruddock aft helium scored against Southampton, with the striker pretending to amusement his teammate a reddish paper earlier getting shoved to the ground.

"I was astatine West Ham astatine the clip and maine and Neil Ruddock did it arsenic our solemnisation aft I scored," Wright said of his solemnisation connected the Match of the Day: Top 10 podcast. "He went down successful instalments, it is embarrassing.

"A grown antheral should not spell connected the level for that propulsion but helium wanted the maximum magnitude of punishment to beryllium fixed to Di Canio. Come connected man. I was astatine West Ham with him and helium would get distant with murder.

"If immoderate decisions went against him successful training, helium would conscionable locomotion off. He would beryllium speaking successful Italian and his arms would beryllium waving each implicit the place. He was truthful intent connected winning adjacent the five-a-side games."

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