Sky apologise for former Hammer comments

Sky Sports were forced to make an apology after former Hammer Patrick Evra made false allegations about a Crystal Palace player and the West Ham manager’s daughter.

The comments were made live on Sky Sports coverage of the Manchester United v Crystal Palace game on Saturday but the broadcaster quickly read out a statement to issue an apology.

Immediately after his comment, host Kelly Cates clarified that they did not know whether or not the rumours were true. And after the game, she made another statement.

“We have to clarify a comment made earlier in the programme, suggesting that there may have been a relationship between Wilfried Zaha and David Moyes’ daughter,” Cates said.

“We understand that Wilfried Zaha has never met David Moyes’ daughter and that the claim made by Patrice was false.

“We apologise for any offence caused.”

Zaha had the last laugh on the day, scoring two goals against his old club, taking his tally to three in the first two games of the season.