Jeff Stelling wades into Alan Brazil row amid 'dinosaur' claim after women's football rant

Former Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling has deed retired astatine a newsman successful the aftermath of Alan Brazil's arguable comments astir women's shot connected talkSPORT earlier this week

Jeff Stelling has deed backmost astatine a newsman who branded Alan Brazil 'a dinosaur' aft the talkSPORT presenter's rant astir women's football.

Brazil was called retired connected Thursday morning's meal amusement by co-host Shebahn Aherne erstwhile helium claimed that Manchester United fans astir the world are 'not bothered' astir the occurrence of the women's team and are solely focused connected the men's team.

His comments person sparked plentifulness of heated debates online with galore radical arguing the opposite. But Stelling took objection to 1 women's shot writer calling Brazil a dinosaur.

The erstwhile Sky Sports presenter wrote to Tom Garry: "As a writer you should beryllium capable to find a little disrespectful statement of Alan. Do you telephone your bosses dinosaurs excessively arsenic they are doubtless older than you?"

Garry argued his corner, penning back: "I thought helium was patronising, arrogant and rather rude to a pistillate colleague, unrecorded connected air, Jeff. Do you similar that description?

"Age is not the crushed the connection dinosaur felt relevant. Condescending comments towards women moving successful shot - that's what should beryllium extinct by now."

Brazil, a erstwhile Scotland international, Aherne and Gabby Agbonlahor were discussing Manchester United's Mission 21: a program designed to assistance the nine seizure a 21st league rubric earlier 2028. Sir Dave Brailsford and James Morton person besides produced a Mission 1 plan, which is focused connected United's women winning a maiden WSL title.

But Brazil insisted the bulk of fans were 'not bothered' astir that, saying: "With the top respect, erstwhile you speech astir Manchester United...women’s shot is getting much important present but erstwhile you speech astir Manchester United, this is the men’s we’re talking about, the Premier League erstwhile we’re talking astir ngo impossible, not the women’s."

Aherne interjected to reason back, saying fans bash attraction astir Manchester United's women's squad and however they're doing, making the constituent that Brazil sounded retired of touch.

But helium doubled down, adding: "It isn’t (a priority). I’m sorry, radical astir them are not bothered. It is true. They’re not [bothered]. Within the bigger picture, they’re not.

"No, the bigger representation is fans privation to spot Manchester United successful the Premier League challenging. That’s the bigger picture. It’s not that important compared to the bigger picture. I’m not going to beryllium present and prevarication due to the fact that it’s not. It's not! I'm telling you the truth, it's not!"

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