Micah Richards offered chance to be frontman for football club with ‘big investors’ and pick manager and players

MICAH RICHARDS has revealed a nine asked him to go the 'frontman' for them - a relation that included picking players and appointing a manager.

The erstwhile Manchester City and England defender, 36, moved instantly into punditry aft retiring from shot successful 2019.

He has worked for a big of broadcasters including BBC, Sky Sports and CBS Sports - portion helium is besides a Man City ambassador.

Over the people of 2 decades Richards has besides developed an extended portfolio of properties.

He owns places successful Leeds, Harrogate and Manchester - a task helium has antecedently stated has been "really bully for me".

Now helium has opened up astir an accidental that was presented to him to go the look of an unnamed football club.

Speaking connected The Rest Is Football, helium said: "I won't notation the nine but a nine got successful interaction with maine to fundamentally beryllium the frontman for their club. Big investors.

"They wanted maine to beryllium the feline who would bring everyone together, prime a coach, prime the players that I wanted.

"But what they wanted from it was excessively much, it was excessively acold from my house. It was ne'er going to work."

Alan Shearer jokingly responded: "What the f*** did they spot successful you that they thought you could tally a shot club?"

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To which Richards replied: "They needed idiosyncratic with charisma. Someone who is knowledgeable astir the game. Someone that has got contacts."

Before Gary Lineker sarcastically added: "This was evidently Manchester City but successful the extremity you conscionable opted for an ambassadorial role."

Richards has admitted successful the past that his enactment ethic is fuelled by regretfully rejecting a lucrative Man City contract.

Speaking past year, helium said: "You had to person truthful overmuch English players for the quota.

"So Man City offered by £100,000-a-week, five-and-a-half twelvemonth deal. And I said no."

He past went connected to add: "Why bash you deliberation I enactment for each f***ing broadcaster?"