Former Premier League striker Peter Odemwingie has warned Sky Sports activities, West Bromwich Albion and Queens Park Rangers that he’s contemplating authorized motion over his notorious car-window interview on switch deadline day.
Odemwingie was on the centre of probably the most weird deadline day tales of all time in 2013, when he was interviewed by reporters from his automobile outdoors QPR’s Loftus Highway stadium, believing he had accomplished a transfer to the London membership.
It later emerged that QPR and West Brom, Odemwingie’s membership on the time, had did not agree a switch price for the Nigerian striker and the proposed transfer collapsed simply minutes earlier than the 11pm deadline, in the end sending him again to the Baggies.
Odemwingie was subsequently disciplined by West Brom for his actions and criticised by the membership’s then-chairman Jeremy Peace, who described the ahead’s conduct as ‘wholly unprofessional’.
The incident has since been repeatedly retold and replayed by media retailers, changing into an enduring image of the chaos and drama of deadline day.
Footage of his notorious interview did the rounds once more on Sky Sports activities Information forward of Tuesday night time’s deadline, prompting Odemwingie to launch an assault on the broadcaster in a video on Instagram.
Peter Odemwingie was concerned in certainly one of deadline day’s most chaotic switch tales in 2013 when he was interviewed by reporters from his automobile outdoors QPR’s Loftus Highway stadium
The Nigerian has threatened authorized motion in a video attacking Sky Sports activities, West Brom and QPR
Whereas hitting out at Sky Sports activities for not telling the complete extent of the story, he additionally criticised QPR for auctioning the shirt they’d ready for his arrival on deadline day in January 2013, which has remained on the membership for 13 years.
‘Sky Sports activities brokers and staff of each golf equipment – West Brom and QPR – positively have inquiries to reply and I will likely be seeing a lawyer subsequent week to make it official,’ he wrote when posting the video to Instagram on Tuesday.
‘From merely a human aspect of it @SkySportsFootball, what’s the motive/intention to point out this episode on and on for thus a few years? The least will likely be lack or absence of respect for my part. Possibly they do not like that I’m half Nigerian and half Russian? I can solely guess. Could possibly be one thing else. Who actually is aware of.’
Talking within the video, Odemwingie accused Sky Sports activities of ‘milking’ the state of affairs and set the story straight from his personal perspective.
‘The issue about this complete story is that no person is within the reality,’ he mentioned. ‘They only need to be distracted. Sky Sports activities milked this example for thus a few years. I feel it is simply wickedness actually.’
Odemwingie claims the switch negotiations had been sophisticated by Junior Hoilett’s involvement in a proposed swap deal, which led to prolonged discussions between each golf equipment all through the day.
He then alleges that his agent, Barry McIntosh, labored alongside Sky Sports activities reporter Dharmesh Sheth to aim to facilitate the transfer. Based on Odemwingie, he was initially requested to participate in a Sky Sports activities interview whereas travelling in the direction of London, however he rejected the concept, saying: ‘That is silly, that is infantile and I will by no means go in entrance of a digicam on objective.’
As a substitute, Odemwingie claims he and McIntosh waited for round two hours after makes an attempt to contact West Brom went unanswered, earlier than ultimately following his agent’s automobile to QPR, believing the switch had been resolved.
‘Barry McIntosh instructed me it was all sorted,’ Odemwingie mentioned. ‘His automobile was in entrance of mine and we had been driving. I do not even know the place we had been going, whether or not to the coaching floor or to the stadium.
‘I’d by no means been there earlier than. Even once I’d gone to QPR, I simply arrived on the bus and walked into the dressing room. They parked proper by the doorways.
‘We continued driving and I used to be following his automobile. When he pulled up, then I waited and the cameras got here. However then, West Brom additionally misbehaved that day, saying it was a conditional choice and that Hoilett needed to go the opposite means for the deal to occur.
‘There was no such situation given they usually misbehaved. Then (Dan) Ashworth known as West Brom director of soccer Richard Garlick.
He additionally hit out at ex-Sky Sports activities host Natalie Sawyer, who criticised Odemwingie on the time
In December final 12 months, Queens Park Rangers bought Odemwingie’s never-used shirt at public sale
Odemwingie alleges that his agent, Barry McIntosh, labored alongside Sky Sports activities reporter Dharmesh Sheth (above, pictured in 2026) to aim to facilitate the deadline day switch
‘Disgrace on them, disgrace on Sky and the brokers. Sky by no means needed to interview the agent. He had direct hyperlinks with Sky.
‘Dharmesh was interviewed by Roman and Evan Evans of World in Movement, as a result of none of them gave any account of what occurred.’
In a separate video posted days later, Odemwingie hit out at former Sky Sports activities presenter Natalie Sawyer, who famously hosted switch deadline day alongside Jim White.
The previous Nigeria worldwide shared footage of Sawyer discussing the saga on air and criticising Odemwingie, asking: ‘Would QPR actually need to signal a participant that may do that?’
Tagging Sky Sports activities, BBC Sport and talkSPORT, he cryptically posted alongside the video: ‘Tables have turned. The time is ticking. Heads out the sand guys.’
Each day Mail Sport has approached Odemwingie for additional particulars about his proposed authorized motion.
