Former Premier League striker Matt Le Tissier has conceded he was "wrong" to post a tweet questioning the legitimacy of reports of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
The tweet was quick to receive widespread backlash before the former England international "stepped aside" from his role as an ambassador at Southampton. Le Tissier had been in the role with his former side since 2019 before his departure this week. He has since broken his silence to give his reasoning behind the tweet.
"The point that I was making (was) I could have chosen a better example," Le Tissier told Saintsplus. "That’s why I deleted the tweet. The point I was trying to get across, I didn’t use the right example to get that across and it came across the wrong way which is my mistake. I should have thought that through better.
