Soccer AM hosts take aim at Sky bosses with cheeky joke
Soccer AM presenters Jimmy Bullard and John Fendley have broken their silence on the news that the show will be axed.Soccer AM is set to come to an endIt has caused ripples across the country with the programme often the preference for many football fans at the weekend.
And on the first show since the news broke, presenters Fenners and Bullard could not resist a cheeky jibe. Fendley joked: “Before we go any further, we are going to address the elephant in the room… Oi Dumbo.”At this moment, the camera panned to find a man wearing a huge elephant mask, who the presenters asked to make them a cup of tea.Bullard replied: “He ain’t going to last long.
It follows a tweet made by the Soccer AM host where he insisted that no final decisions have been made over the future of the show. He wrote on Thursday: “There’s been a lot of coverage in the past few days about Soccer AM so I wanted to clarify the situation.AdvertisementIt follows a statement made by a Sky Sports spokesperson after news broke that employees will have to reapply for their roles.“Soccer AM has played an important role in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continually adapt to the evolving needs of our customers,” the spokesperson said.
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