England’s national team, Gerrard’s story revealed 17 years later.
Micah Richards, a former member of the English national team, gave up his brilliant career as a player and showed his talents through media comments, revealing an episode of national team members related to the legendary Steven Gerrard. On 14th, the Sports Bible exposed an episode in which Gerrard insulted Richards when he participated in the football podcast The Rest Is Football, which drew laughter. Richards recalled the time in 2006, which was an anecdote that happened during the training of the England national team. Richards was the first player to be called up to the national team at that time, and Gerrard was one of the players who established himself as a key member of the national team and has been participating in international competitions since 2000. Richards told Gerrard an anecdote. He said, "When I train, I always bring two pairs of football shoes, one is artificial lawn, and the other is natural lawn." However, when Richards checked whether he brought his football shoes to the national team training, he couldn’t wear them because all football shoes only fit his left foot. I borrowed Gerrard’s football shoes from the corridor I met in the team training center. Richards said, "At that time, I borrowed a pair of football shoes from Gerrard. I said,’ Stevie, can you lend me a pair of football shoes? Our feet are the same size.’ "Gerrard willingly gave up his football shoes. The problem is that Richards performed very well in training in Gerrard’s football shoes.After the training, I went to Steven Gerrard and asked if I could buy some football shoes. But Gerrard is so cold. "Gerald said without thinking,’ Fuck off,’" Richards said. Richards’ words made the talk show audience burst into laughter. Gary Lineker, The 1986 Mexico FIFA World Cup’s top scorer and a celebrity representing English football, sarcastically said: "This is why Richards has only been selected for the national team for 13 times." Richards also talked about his England teammate Jolyon Lescott, a defender who played for Everton and Manchester City. Richards said, "Lescott confessed to me during the national team training (playing for Everton at that time) that he wanted to come to Manchester City." Subsequently, Richards conveyed the matter to Mark Hughes, then Manchester City coach, and explained that Manchester City Club was also paying attention to Lescott. However, it turns out that coach Hughes is making a deal to send Richards to Everton after bringing Lescott from Everton. Richards said that after learning this fact, he was very angry and said, "I did all the work to recruit him." In the end, Lescott joined Manchester City in 2009, and Richards played in Manchester City until 2015. There was no transfer, so they could play together. Richards moved to Aston Villa in 2015 and retired in 2019. In addition, Lescott and Richards moved to Aston Villa together and will play until 2016.
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