Andi Peters told his Good Morning Britain colleague Richard Madeley he was guilty of wishful thinking for suggesting quality in the UK was a possibility.
As the ITV breakfast show's stars discussed the vile racist abuse some members of the England football team had been targeted with on social media, Andi explained how it had affected him.
He said of some of the worst comments aimed at Bukayo Saka: "Genuinely, for the first time ever I was quite emotional. How a 19-year-old boy who has done everything for his country can be abused online by people he doesn't know, and I pray he never sees what was online yesterday." Richard Madeley asked him: "Do you think the fact we're taking time out on programmes like this, do you get the sense that we.