Micah Richards has owned up about telling a bit of fib to his TV bosses after a wild night time out in Las Vegas.
The ex-Manchester City defender was within the US to speak concerning the Super Bowl for CBS. The large sport noticed the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers, with stars like Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce making headlines.
But earlier than the sport, Richards needed to affix the occasion, revealing on the Rest is Football podcast with Gary Lineker about how he misplaced observe of time whereas hanging out with a mate, by way of the Mirror.
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“I am with (Thierry) Henry, (Kate) Abdo, the producers and everyone knows what Big Meeks is like, I like to get in a little bit of trouble every now and again,” he mentioned. “I just thought ‘Do I keep it professional and stay in or do I go for a little wander?’.
“So it is about one within the morning, I am going for a bit of wander down the strip. We’re staying within the Virgin Hotels. One of my previous mates is staying on the Wynn. I am going there and have a number of drinks.
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“It’s then four or five in the morning in the morning and I am thinking to myself ‘We have got media at 11am. What do I do here?’ It’s only light stuff, we’re talking about the Champions League, promoting that and then the Super Bowl.”
After a wild night time out, Richards did not inform his workmates the reality the subsequent day. He mentioned: “And then we went to a place – I’m not naming no places but wowsers. Gary do you want me to spell it out for you, the scenery was like never, ever before. Oh my god.”
“So keep in mind we’ve received to go to media within the morning. And everyone thinks I’ve gone to sleep. And you recognize Big Meeks is not going to sleep at the moment.
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“So I get there in the morning and everyone was like ‘How was your night, this that and the other and good sleep?’ And I was like ‘Yeah, I went to sleep really early, I couldn’t find anything to do, I went downstairs to get a drink’ and they all thought I stayed in.
“But they do not know I had top-of-the-line nights of my life. Everyone thought I had jet lag, it had nothing to do with jet lag, it was as a result of I used to be out till 8am. God bless America that is all I’m going to say.”
Richards will probably be on CBS responsibility once more this week when the Champions League resumes, with Arsenal’s first leg journey to Porto among the many final 16 video games.