Liverpool legend in hot water after making a racial gaffe
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Hansen under-fire after BBC pundit makes race gaffe TWICE on Match of the Day
Controversy: Alan Hansen came under-fire for his comments on Match of the Day which appeared to shock fellow pundit Lee Dixon (R)
Alan Hansen has landed himself in hot water after making a racial gaffe TWICE during last night’s Match of the Day.
The BBC pundit - who is paid an enormous £40,000 per show - caused controversy after describing black players as 'coloured' when discussing the current John Terry and Luis Suarez racism rows.
Fellow pundit Lee Dixon looked on in disdain as former Liverpool defender Hansen, 56, said: ‘I think there’s a lot of coloured players in all the major teams and there are lots of coloured players who are probably the best in the Premier League.
‘If you look at 25 or 30 years ago it was probably in a bad way - not as bad as some of the other nations on the Continent - but certainly there is always, always room for improvement.’
The 56-year-old ex-Scotland international immediately came under-fire on social networking site Twitter after fans, footballers and celebrities lead a backlash against the former Liverpool defender for describing black players ‘coloured’.
Former Tottenham player Rohan Ricketts, now at Irish outfit Shamrock Rovers, was outraged and tweeted: ‘Is this Alan Hansen guy taking the f****** p***?? I’m not coloured??? He is part of the problem when using that word. We are BLACK Alan! Wtf [sic].’
He then added: ‘Alan Hansen is more coloured than a black person. But still we would not call him or another white man coloured.’
Ex-Anfield star and broadcaster Stan Collymore was quoted in The Sun saying: ‘What colour would that be? Blue? Green? Orange?’.Although he didn’t see the controversial incident, musician Example waded in to the debate, saying: ‘I didn’t see MOTD but did Alan Hansen really say ‘coloured players’?? Wow. Hand him his P45.’
Should Alan Hansen apologise for MOTD gaffe?
Interestingly, Hansen was labelled ‘ignorant’ and ‘overpaid’ by society blogger Toby Young published on the Telegraph website - the same newspaper Hansen writes for as a columnist.
Young wrote: ‘Alan Hansen, the overpaid football pundit, just dropped a clanger on Match of the Day. In fact, make that two clangers.
‘Clearly, Hansen’s intentions were honourable. But his ignorance is breathtaking. Is he really unaware that the word “coloured” has been verboten since the mid-70s?’
It is yet unclear whether Hansen will apologise with the BBC yet to make a comment.
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This very same guy who said united wouldnt win anything with kids almost 20 years ago.
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isnt white also a colour
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This burger sure start apologising very soon as he will be scared he could lose his job... And all the blacks in the UK will start looking for him...
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he maybe unhappy with suarez getting banned 8 matches sibo
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Hahaha... Lee Dixon's face.
I wonder what was he thinking at that point in time...