Lord Sugar says he will return for The Apprentice's 20th - unless BBC fire him
Lord Sugar says he will return for The Apprentice's 20th - unless BBC fire him
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The 20th anniversary series of The Apprentice is set to air in 2026 and there has been speculation he would leave afterwards, but Lord Sugar says he will keep working and making the series until he is told "you're fired" by the BBC. Sugar, now 77, says the thought of retirement and having to find a hobby fills him with dread.
He says: "Look, the 20th one, it means it's not been commissioned yet, but I think there's a good chance that it's going to happen ,and it's going to be special, extra special obviously for me. But I enjoy doing this thing, and I enjoy finding young people and putting them in businesses and starting. I'm starting from scratch again with them, and that's what I enjoy doing. So who knows, I'll go on and on, until maybe the funeral director might have to stop it! You never know.".
Asked about the prospect of slowing down, he shakes his head and adds: "I'm not one of those people. I'm not going to go and smell the roses and start gardening and all that stuff, and take up bowls somewhere.". Speaking to promote the new 19th series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar also threw his weight behind under-fire Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou and would not fire him if he was still Spurs owner, instead giving him more time to see if results improve when injured players return. He part owned the club from 1991 to 2001.
The Apprentice revolves around team leaders and showing leadership but asked if Tottenham are missing a leader at present, Sugar replies: "A good question. Who is the leader? I mean if you're talking about the chairman Daniel Levy, he's a very clever man, I have to tell you. I just looked at some statistics recently about the wage bill at Tottenham, and he is one of the lowest out of some of the other clubs. Look, when I ran that club, I remember Ossie Ardiles, in fact, the late Terry Venables saying to me, 'There's a lot of luck associated in football' and he is right. And if things are going the wrong way, you've got to understand that the players are human beings, and the pressure that is brought to bear upon them by the outside media, and all that makes them nervous.
