OSAZE ODEMWINGIE NAMED THE TWAT OF THE YEAR AT WESTBROM
‘Oh, no, sorry, it’s ‘T**t of the year’ and the winner is Peter Odemwingie.’
Adrian Chiles has
re-opened the row between Peter Odemwingie and West Bromwich Albion
after ridiculing the controversial striker at the club’s official
awards’ dinner last night.
The ITV Sport presenter was the host
for the evening at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham in
front of an 800-strong audience.
The 46-year-old, a diehard
Baggies supporter, drew a mixed reaction from the assembled audience
when he introduced a prize for the tweet of the year.
Odemwingie has made several outspoken comments during the season via
social media on the back of an abortive attempt to secure a move to QPR
in January.
Chiles said: ‘Our fourth award of the evening is ‘Tweet of the year.’
‘Oh, no, sorry, it’s ‘T**t of the year’ and the winner is Peter Odemwingie.’
The audience was split between laughter and embarrassment as the reality of what Chiles had said sunk home.
A club spokesman confirmed afterwards that the former One Show host had
been given a script to follow and that he had veered from it.
Odemwingie has found it difficult to re-establish any rapport with the
club’s fans following the incident as the transfer window closed in
January.
Since then he has been fined for several outbursts on twitter and has struggled to re-capture a first-team spot.
He was not present to hear the offending remark. Sources close to
Odemwingie suggested he was suffering from a common cold and had
communicated his decision to stay at home.
However, feelings among the supporters continue to run high at the player’s perceived slight.
When the large screens showed individual player contributions to the
Baggies’ season, Odemwingie’s name was greeted by significant booing
from those present when a selection of video clips was run.
Ironically, with Marc-Antoine Fortune suspended for this weekend’s visit
of Wigan Athletic to the Hawthorns, the forward may have been in line
for a recall.
But Chiles’s comments have only served to
highlight the schism between club and player and the former Nigeria
forward, who still has one season left to run on his current contract,
will need further reassurance to remain at the club following this
embarrassment.
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