Simon Jordan told Eni Aluko that her theory over Declan Rice made "no sense" after she suggested Manchester City only bid for the star to aid Arsenal.
Citing her experience as a sporting director of Angel FC in Los Angeles, the former England international said she believed the treble winners only made an offer after a request from Mikel Arteta, to stir his own owners into immediate action. Her comments were questioned, although the 36-year-old seemingly had the last laugh when City decided to pull out of the running when the Gunners had a £105 million offer accepted.
She marked the news by tweeting back at those she claimed had made 'sexist, racist, misogynistic comments' towards her: "Safe to say I suspected Rice wasn’t going up the M6 to Manchester!" she tweeted. "I’ve had a lot of laughs on this today, it was very quiet from the pile on brigade - somehow a lot of haters went missing. Apologies are much quieter than disrespect.
