Eni Aluko likely did not expect her recent appearance on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to result in a torrent of abuse and headlines. The former England striker went on air to discuss, among other things, the lack of opportunities available to women in sports broadcasting and the never-ending fight for better representation on screen.
That conversation was derailed by her comments on fellow footballer turned pundit Ian Wright. Aluko described Wright as a “brilliant broadcaster”, but said he “should be aware” of the space he occupies in women’s football coverage. “I think we need to be conscious and we need to make sure that women are not being blocked from having a pathway into broadcasting in the women’ game,” she said. “There's a finite amount of opportunities and I think that men need to be aware of that.”
