Sir Alan Sugar has managed to offend yet another group of people after he made some jibes about a candidates arthritis.

The Apprentice’s most recent reject, Rocky Andrews told Sir Alan that he started his own business after being forced out of a career in professional football due to an arthritic condition.

Speaking in the boardroom, Sugar announced: “Your career at Middlesbrough was halted. You got taken off the pitch in a stretcher. This time you’re off the pitch in a black cab. Rocky, you’re fired.”

Jane Tadman, from the Arthritis Research Campaign, has now blasted Sugar’s for his remakrs.

“We are always trying to move away from negative images of arthritis,” Tadman told the Daily Star Sunday. “I think a lot of people think arthritis only affects older people but it can affect anyone – even babies. Sir Alan’s comments are pretty negative and not welcome.”

A friend of Andrews added: “It’s not as if Rocky could have done anything about getting arthritis. It’s not his fault it didn’t work out.”