The former Match of the Day anchor, 63, did not say who but laid into "absurd" commentators who try to sound foreign.
""If somebody's been to Marbella twice, they get this Spanish accent about things", he said.
"Peru becomes Peroo, Chile is Chil-ay and Real Zaragoza becomes Real Tharagotha."
The curtain came down on Des' 30 years at the BBC in 1999 with an ill timed move to ITV. He now hosts Countdown. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
The full interview airs in April on BBC2's "Grumpy Old Man" show.
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