Footballer Madueke 'has not really seen Wolverhampton'

The leader of Wolverhampton Council has leapt to the defence of his city after Chelsea's Noni Madueke's rather critical comment ahead of his team's 6-2 thrashing of Wolves on Sunday.

The winger seemingly insulted residents on Saturday with his now deleted Instagram post which suggested the city was perhaps, not very good.

He went on to score a hat-trick, but apologised in his post-match interview.

Council leader Stephen Simkins suggested the England Under-21 international could only have seen glimpses of the city through a coach window.

"I would suggest that this footballer, this highly paid footballer, has not really seen Wolverhampton," he told BBC News.

"He could only have been here 48 hours…