Alex Scott goes house-hunting with male friend in North London

She was spotted out house hunting with a male friend after she has been hotly tipped to replace Sue Barker on A Question Of Sport.

The football pundit, 36, was dressed in casual gym attire as she eyed up north London pads on Monday.

A|ex enjoyed a coffee as she stood on a quiet residential street, discussing the properties with a male friend.

She donned a simple black Nike jacket with matching dark leggings for the afternoon outing in the autumnal weather.

The former football player brightened up her sporty attire with a pair of colourful Nike trainers and wore her hair fastened back in a high ponytail.

Alex made sure she was carrying a coronavirus face mask while house hunting, which she kept looped around her wrist.

She has been at the centre of much discussion as she has been hotly tipped to replace Sue Barker on A Question Of Sport, who was axed after 24 years.

The rumours of her new presenting role were met with a fierce Twitter backlash which included vile trolling that she has since spoken candidly about.

But Alex has insisted that A Question Of Sport is not a done deal, after the BBC was forced to deny claims she got the role as 64-year-old Sue Barker’s replacement, saying that nothing had been decided.

Alex also admitted last week that she is continually accused of ‘ticking a box’ in her broadcasting career, despite having completed a media degree.

Speaking to Women’s Health’s Going For Goal podcast, Alex said: ‘Every job that I’m linked to and every job that I’m going to be doing on screen for the next couple of years, I know the first thing people will be saying – a lot of it because it is already happening – it’s because I’m ticking a box.

‘I came back from playing professional in America in 2012 just before the London Olympics, I was already thinking about my career after sport then.

‘I went and I did a media degree in 2013 – I spent two years doing that for this same reason, so that no one could ever say that I was just ticking a box.’

Alex has notably appeared as a pundit during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, having retired from football in 2017.

She went on to admit to Women’s Health that she goes to therapy, describing it as being ‘like an awakening’.

She said: ‘I absolutely love it. Some people think, oh going to therapy, why am I going to have someone tell me about myself, I know about myself, but it’s like a weight off my shoulders every single time I go. It has given me tools to deal with things.’

Alex has previously spoken out about mental health, revealing the extent to which online ‘trolling’ has affected her. 

In conversation with Watford captain Troy Deeney as part of the Heads Up campaign, she said: ‘I didn’t tell anyone, I didn’t tell my mum because I didn’t want her to worry or put that stress on her. I was just that person (who thought) ‘I can look after myself, I can deal with stuff’ but obviously sometimes that’s the wrong way.

‘I got to a dark place and it was over Christmas, that’s when I was like ‘I can’t carry on like this, it’s not me, I need to seek help’ and that led me into therapy. 

‘I want to take that stigma away from it. Now when I talk about mental health, straight away I’m smiling because I know what it’s done for me to leave that place. I’m content. I’m happy, and I’ve used the tools that I’ve learned to be in that place.’