Saudi Pro League chief Michael Emenalo has hit headlines after being caught making an X-rated comment at the end of an interview.
The former Chelsea technical director recently sat down with Swedish outlet SVT Sport as part of their documentary titled, 'Saudi Arabia - football's new Mecca'.
Emenalo is the league's sporting director and has been tasked with bringing even more of the world's best players to the Saudi Pro League.
But he has also fielded criticism about the league's spending and the accusations of sportswashing in Saudi.
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In the interview, Emenalo was asked about the condemning players have received for playing in Saudi.
He responded: "We live in a world where people have the right to express their opinions. I'm not a politician and I'm not a morality police. My job is to come here and help with a wonderful and ambitious project and to create a competitive and entertaining league, which the people of the Kingdom are proud of."
The next question was referring to an article from The Sun, which claimed that a number of players regret moving to Saudi despite the hefty pay packets.
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He said it is "easy to spread unnecessary rumours" and then immediately after the interview came to a halt.
However, the controversy came as after he left the room, the former Nigeria international was heard saying "It's always about sports washing, sports f***ing washing".
His microphone was still on and SVT uploaded the footage on their website.
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A representative could be heard telling Emenalo that he was still mic'd up, which led to him asking, "Did they hear my insult?".
The answer was of course yes, but there is yet to be any response from Emenalo.
In September, the 58-year-old got into it with Simon Jordan on talkSPORT.
In the heated debate, Jordan said Saudi clubs had been "driving a bus through salaries" and "turning it on its head" - claims which Emenalo refuted.
Topics: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Pro League
Josh Lawless