DANE DEAL
TV presenter REFUSES to do interview as he takes principled stand in support of Celtic star
The presenter branded the outlet 'disrespectful' and refused to speak to them
THE international break is a distant memory, with the Scottish Premiership gearing up for a second matchweek since it's return.
But a row which began whilst club football was taking a breather is still rumbling on now, and a Celtic star is right at the heart of it.
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Kasper Schmeichel had an international break to forget as his errors allowed Portugal to a 5-3 aggregate win over Denmark in the Nations League.
To make matters worse, the goalkeeper was forced off with an injury in the second leg - with a major update on his recovery progress coming on Friday.
But to literally add insult to injury, Schmeichel was hammered in the Danish press, with an article by columnist Anders Olsen in Ekstra Bladet taking things even further.
The hugely controversial piece took aim at Schmeichel's weight, and disgustingly compared the shotstopper's punching to being 'like a polio child'.
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And Danish TV presenter Morten Ankerdal has now become the latest to bash the news outlet and stand with Schmeichel, telling Billed Bladet his stance on the controversy.
Ankerdal said: "I’m not talking to Ekstra Bladet.
"I don’t want to talk to a newspaper that thinks it’s okay to write like that about another person.
"I just think it’s so disrespectful.
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"I can’t understand how anyone can think it’s okay to start dragging in polio-affected children and writing that people are chatty and things like that.
"Then I just say 'no thanks.'"
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The Danish PFA demanded an apology from Ekstra Bladet and Olsen at the time, with chief Michael Sahl Hansen branding the comments 'way over the line and 'completely wrong'.
But editor Knud Brix hit back: "I agree that there may be some who are offended by this but our writer has chosen to use these words.
"I stand by that, and I think it is within the bounds of what an article should be."
And ex-Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner agreed that the 38-year-old should get the axe from the Danish national side.
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