Eni Aluko warns Ian Wright about ‘blocking’ female pundits in women’s football
Eni Aluko believes Ian Wright and other male pundits risk ‘blocking’ female broadcasters in women’s football.
Former Arsenal and England striker Wright has a major advocate เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย of women’s football and has covered the Lionesses as a pundit for for several years.
But Aluko, who won three Women’s Super League titles during her playing career with Chelsea and scored 33 goals in 105 appearances for England, says Wright is ‘dominating’ the women’s game and claims there is a ‘limited amount of opportunities for women’ in the broadcasting side of the sport.
The 38-year-old, who made history when she became the first woman to appear on Match of the Day as a pundit in 2014, also says she is concerne about seeing ‘a repeat dominance of men in the women’s game’.
In an interview with Aluko said: ‘I’m happy that the women’s game has grown, it’s seeing exponential growth in all areas, on the pitch, off the pitch, broadcasting.
‘But I still feel like there is a double standard where there is still a limite amount of opportunities for women, female broadcasters, both in the men’s and the women’s game.
‘We’re still competing for two or three seats maximum, which includes the presenters.
‘Whereas I think men, there are a lot of men who have much broader opportunities who are now coming into the women’s game.
‘For example, if you look at the WSL in terms of coaches, I think there are six or seven head coaches, there is still not one single female head coach in the men’s game.
‘So whilst the women’s game is growing, we have to be very careful that it’s still a space for women to develop their careers as broadcasters, as coaches.
‘What we don’t want is a repeat dominance of men in the women’s game, as broadcasters, as coaches, earning more money than women when we can’t do the same in the men’s game.
‘I would never, ever be able to usurp Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher, these are guys who have done it for a long time, they are brilliant broadcasters, they rightly dominate their sport. I think the same should apply in the women’s game.’