UK viewers of football have been subjected to their fair share of awful pundits over the years. It could be worse, though. A lot, lot worse.
UK viewers of football have been subjected to their fair share of awful pundits over the years but all of them will be thankful Alexi Lalas has been kept off their screens.
For the uninitiated, Lalas is America’s version of Roy Keane. The man broadcasters turn to for a quote to go viral and while Keane’s will be a witty remark on the state of the modern game, Lalas opts for the most outlandish thing he can say at any given moment.
The former defender, whose playing career features clubs such as MetroStars, Kansas City Wizards and Padova, is part of FOX Sports’ coverage of the World Cup alongside Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the American never misses an opportunity to not read the room.
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