The Wrexham front man had a dig at the pop star and current Ipswich Town shirt sponsor while appearing on team-mate Ben Foster’s Fozcast podcast.
Palmer mistakenly claimed Sheeran was a ‘part-owner’ of the Tractor Boys, before questioning the impact he’s had at Portman Road.
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He was using the multi-millionaire and awarding-winning musician to emphasise the influence Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney had made at Football League new-boys Wrexham following their promotion from the National League.
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The 31-year-old former Westleigh Park favourite said: ‘There’s names as big as them that own football clubs, lower league. Ed Sheeran, Ipswich. I don’t know what his share of it is, (he’s) part-owner. Has he done what these two guys have done?’
Foster failed to pick up on Palmer’s false statement when he replied: ‘Nowhere near it. They have just been promoted, in fairness to them, but still.’
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Palmer then added: ‘How long has Ed Sheeran been there? Six years? Seven years? And he’s as big as Ryan and Rob, right? Ed Sheeran is huge.’
Foster cut in by saying: ‘I’m still not putting him in their bracket, though’, before his team-mate continued: ‘I’m putting Ed Sheeran up there.
‘I’ll ask you: has Ed Sheeran done as much for Ipswich as Rob and Ryan have done?
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