West Ham icon Carlton Cole has sparked outrage after he suggested Manchester City's clash with West Ham could 'be a Holocaust'.Prior to kick-off, Cole, 38, was providing pre-match analysis for the BBC Radio Five Live when he made the insensitive remark.Cole said: “You gotta give Man City some respect… otherwise, you’re gonna get picked off, and then it’s gonna be a Holocaust, and you don’t want that."The 38-year-old has since issued an apology: "I'd like to apologise to the listeners for a totally unacceptable phrase that I used earlier."I'm sorry if I've offended anybody, really and truly.
Sorry."One fan tweeted: "Carlton Cole speaking on @bbcfivelive just now said that a West Ham loss today would be ‘a holocaust’."An absolutely.
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