Popular pundit Micah Richards caught the eyes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United whilst breaking through at Manchester City, and once started a transfer rumour to secure a new booster deal
Micah Richards has confessed that he started a false transfer rumour about interest from Real Madrid to seal a new Manchester City deal.
The 36-year-old revealed to punditry co-stars Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer that he enlisted the help of his agent to spread a rumour that Los Blancos held an interest in him - and it actually paid off. "It was reported on: ‘Real Madrid want Micah Richards’ and whatnot. I’m not joking, two days later I signed a deal with Man City. I’m not saying it worked, but…”
"But, I was just getting into the England squad. I ended up on 50k a week and he tried to do me out of 40k a week. The story goes on. You had to have so much English players for the quota. So, Man City offered me 100k a week on a five-and-a-half-year deal. And I said no because I was number two behind Pablo Zabaleta. I'm not all about the money."
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