Micah Richards has opened up on that on-air spat between Jamie Redknapp and Roy Keane.
The two pundits clashed final month after Keane claimed Tottenham had an ‘common squad’ with Redknapp hitting again over the declare, resulting in a really heated alternate on air.
Redknapp thought Spurs’ squad ‘filled with internationals’ was too good to be described as ‘common’ whereas Keane primarily based his declare on the actual fact Manchester City or Liverpool ‘would not contact’ many of the present group at Jose Mourinho’s disposal.
The debate made for compelling TV, however there was slightly extra too it than meets the attention, in line with fellow pundit Richards.
Video Loading
Video Unavailable
Click to play
Tap to play
The video will auto-play quickly8Cancel
Play now
“He was driving right down to London, however he was late,” Richards informed BBC Sport.
“He usually will get there an hour or an hour and a half before, however he was caught in site visitors and he obtained there 20 minutes before going on air and you might see his hair was all ruffled, alongside with his swimsuit.
“Jamie simply obtained his anger as a result of he was an hour later than he was alleged to be and he obtained the wrath!”
Richards additionally spoke about what it’s prefer to work with Keane and the way he went about incomes the previous Manchester United midfielder’s respect.
In every soccer.london Tottenham bulletin, we’ll carry you the most recent breaking information, switch options and remark items, in addition to the important thing speaking factors for followers.
You will not miss a factor – you may get all of the Spurs information you want proper to your inbox. We’ll additionally ship particular newsletters when large tales break or there is a particular occasion taking place.
And with the January switch window now open there’s loads of content material to get your enamel into.
How do you enroll?
It’s simple and solely takes seconds. Simply kind your e mail tackle into the field on the prime of this text – or any article within the Spurs part of soccer.london in reality – labelled ‘Get the most important every day tales by e mail’ and click on ‘Subscribe’.
And that is it, you are all set. If you determine later you not want to obtain the emails, hit the unsubscribe hyperlink within the newsletters – however we do not assume you may need to. For extra particulars, click on right here.
“Roy’s a legend of the game and when I’m initially going to work with somebody I do not get nervous – I by no means get nervous – however you have obtained respect for individuals and that is the best way it must be,” he added.
“I’ve seen his clips and he used to destroy individuals left, proper and centre. The first clip that did the rounds was the place I mentioned I’d burst on the scene as a defender, that is the one which went viral, and he mentioned he did not know any defenders that had burst on the scene.
“I mentioned, ‘maintain on, maintain on, I’m the youngest ever defender for England, received the Premier League and received the FA Cup’ and at that second he was like ‘OK’ – I earned slightly little bit of his respect.
“After that I simply beloved working with him as a result of I can by no means compete with Roy Keane as a participant, or his medals, however I could make him really feel uncomfortable on digicam, and that is my energy.”
