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Eni Aluko's ex-England and Team GB Olympics team-mate Steph Houghton publicly speaks out to back 'super-hero' Ian Wright in TV pundits' fall-out

Eni Aluko's former England team-mate Steph Houghton has thrown her support behind her podcast co-host Ian Wright as fallout from Aluko's Woman's Hour comments rolls on.

Aluko initially accused Wright of 'blocking opportunities for women' in the women's game in an incendiary appearance on the BBC Radio 4 programme.

Immediately hit with a wave of backlash, the former Chelsea star walked back her comments and stressed that she had not intended to single out Wright - a vocal supporter of the growth of women's football - on purpose.