Karen Carney has deleted her Twitter account three days after a tweet by Leeds United questioning her comments as a pundit led to online abuse.
Leeds’ owner defended Tuesday’s message but the club condemned the abuse aimed at the former England international.
Carney said Leeds “out-run” opponents and an enforced rest during the Covid-19 pandemic aided their Championship promotion push last season.
The Women in Football group said Leeds’ tweet was “inappropriate”.
The video of Carney’s comments shared in the tweet, which remains on Leeds’ account, has been viewed 5.8m times.
Carney, who won 144 England caps, made her comments during Tuesday’s Amazon Prime broadcast of Leeds’ 5-0 win over West Brom in the Premier League.
Football in the UK was on hold between March and June because of the coronavirus pandemic and Carney, 33, said of Leeds:
“They out-run everyone and credit to them. My only concern would be will they blow up at the end of the season?
“We saw that the last couple of seasons. I actually think they got promoted because of Covid in terms of it gave them a bit of respite. I don’t know if they would have got up if they didn’t have that break.”
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