Alan Sugar has sparked a racism row with a tweet about Ian wright's suit.

The former Arsenal star, 56, appeared on the BBC yesterday wearing a sand-coloured jacket and matching trousers to commentate on his former club's clash with Chelsea.

The Apprentice star, 73, posted a message on his Twitter account taking aim at Wright's dress sense and it backfired spectacularly.

Lord Sugar write: "That is one hell of a suit @IanWright0 has on. A bit too dark don’t you think. He could be in camouflage on a beach."

Many of his followers accused him of racism over the tweet, with one writing: "I don’t get the part: A bit too dark don’t u think ???

"What does that suppose to mean? Dark for what!? Just being racist there."
Ian Wright wore a sand-coloured suit during the BBC's coverage of the Arsenal vs Chelsea game yesterday (
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Another tweeted: " @TwitterUK offensive tweets yet again, surely a public figure like this shouldn’t tweet like this!? @BBCOne."

A third added: "Poor comment, cheap jibe. An apology to Ian Wright is due. He is a descent man and commentator."

However, others took to the page to defend the millionaire businessman - insisting the tweet wasn't intended to be about race.

One wrote: "So many people completely missing the joke and calling him a racist. Shocker."
Alan Sugar posted a tweet about Ian's outfit (
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He sparked a debate on Twitter about whether the post was racist (
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A second added: "It's a beachist tweet, or maybe sandist, but not racist. Woke people jump on everything."

Another insisted critics should look at the picture of Ian Wight's suit before judging Lord Sugar's tweet, writing: "I think people have misunderstood. He just meant the suit was sand coloured."

One more tweeted: "After seeing the picture I now get what he means. Its 100% not racist."
Lord Sugar previously came under fire over this tweet from 2018 (
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"It's a beachist tweet, or maybe sandist, but not racist. Woke people jump on everything," joked another.

Lord Sugar was previously accused of posting a racist tweet back in 2018 when he compared Senegal's football players to "guys from the beach in Marbella".

The businessman referred to the sports stars as "multi-tasking resourceful chaps" alongside a picture of the team and an image of sunglasses and bags, similar to the products sold on beaches.

Lord Sugar later deleted the message and posted an apology.