Watch awkward moment for Micah Richards as Jamie Carragher tells Peter Schmeichel ‘secret role’ he had in son’s career
MICAH RICHARDS was left with his head in his hands after Jamie Carragher revealed a secret role he had in Kasper Schmeichel’s career.
Richards and Carragher were on the CBS panel for the broadcaster’s coverage of the Champions League.
During the show, Premier League legend Peter Schmeichel was featured, giving his analysis of the evening’s action.
This included Borussia Dortmund‘s 3-0 win over Belgian outfit Club Brugge and Celtic’s stunning 5-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava.
Schmeichel insisted that he is keen to go to the match between the German giants and Scottish outfit Celtic.
However, the Dane would prefer to be among the Celtic supporters so he can cheer on his son Kasper.
Richards asked the retired goalkeeper if he would be able to join him at the Signal Iduna Park.
Schmeichel admitted that he would “love” for the former Manchester City to join him at the match.
However, Carragher tried to put a stop to the meeting with a story involving Richards and Schmeichel’s son.
The former Liverpool star said: “Peter if you are going to be together, you need to know a little secret about what happened between Micah and your son at the youth team at Manchester City.
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“Kasper was a year above him [Richards] and there was a bit of friction about who was the top dog and main man.
“Micah kept it with him when he made it to the first-team.
“God rest his soul Sven Goran Eriksson asked him who he should choose to be the first-team goalkeeper as he was not sure whether it should be Joe Hart or Kasper.
“He plumped for Joe Hart because of the friction he had from years before.”
Despite the story, Schmeichel refused to believe him and insisted that Richards still goes with him to Dortmund.
He did add that he and Richards would interview Kasper after the game to see if there is “friction” between the two.
Richards then said that he and the goalkeeper were good friends and that there is “no story to tell”.
Hart broke into the Manchester City first team initially in 2007 as he replaced Andreas Isaksson.
Schmeichel left the club in 2009 for Notts County and eventually worked his way back to the Premier League with Leicester City.
The Dane was a part of the Foxes side that won the title in 2016.
He left the East Midlands side in 2022 and, after a spell at Nice in France, made the move to Celtic to replace Hart in the summer.
Hart went on to be a star for the Citizens as he won two Premier League titles and won the Goalkeeper of the Season award three times.
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