Newcastle United fan disrupts live BT Sport coverage with offensive message about Robbie Savage

Steve Bruce's Magpies are taking on Tottenham Hotspur live on BT Sport this evening – with Savage on co-commentary duty.

And during the studio build-up to the Premier League clash, BT showed live pictures of both Newcastle and Spurs fans.

The message was spotted in the top left-hand corner, saying: “Robbie Savage is a ******”.

In January, Savage was working as a pundit during United’s FA Cup tie at League One side Rochdale, when a section of Newcastle fans chanted towards the former Birmingham City midfielder.

The songs could be heard on-air and it led to BT Sport apologising live on air.

Reflecting on the incident then, Savage said: “I was trending on Twitter for the obscenities that the Newcastle fans were singing about me which I took in good faith and I was smiling about.

“But put yourself in that situation. If I was a Newcastle fan I'd be embarrassed. To sing the obscenity at a commentator when he's doing his job.”

He added: “You imagine in your workplace, you've got X amount of people turning around pointing camera phones in your face and waiting for you to respond and you're trying to do your job.

“I thought they were a disgrace, the Newcastle fans. Look, at the end of the day I was laughing. I had to laugh.

“But at the end of the game players were coming over to applaud the fans, a lot of Newcastle fans in the front row were giving gestures to their players to go away when all they were doing was coming over to acknowledge them.

"Listen, Newcastle fans are brilliant but try venting your frustration on the team."