{"id":85972,"date":"2023-09-27T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85972"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:27:21","slug":"i-knew-id-made-it-as-a-premier-league-footballer-when-i-was-taken-to-a-strip-club-by-an-agent-says-micah-richards-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/i-knew-id-made-it-as-a-premier-league-footballer-when-i-was-taken-to-a-strip-club-by-an-agent-says-micah-richards-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I knew I'd made it as a Premier League footballer when I was taken to a STRIP CLUB by an agent, says Micah Richards | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

MICAH RICHARDS knew the moment he had made it as a footballer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s after an agent took him to a strip club following the defender\u2019s debut for Manchester City.<\/p>\n


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Richards, 35, was just 17 years old when he made his bow for his boyhood club in 2005.<\/p>\n

The right-back went on to play 16 times that season before transforming into a key Etihad player.<\/p>\n

Richards ended up winning a Premier League title and FA Cup after nine goals in 245 games at City<\/p>\n

But he knows the exact moment he realised he had made it as a professional footballer.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on The Rest Is Football podcast, Richards remembers being a fresh-faced youngster flying high on the back of his City debut.<\/p>\n

The 13-time England international was in high demand with football agents at the time.<\/p>\n

And one took Richards out in his Ferrari before treating the ace to a steak dinner.<\/p>\n

But the night didn\u2019t end there, with the agent eventually taking Richards to a strip club.<\/p>\n

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And the CBS Sports star admits that was the moment he knew he had made it to the big time.<\/p>\n

Richards said:\u201cI know exactly the moment. I was 16, 17, I\u2019d just made my debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery agent was after me. He picks me up in his Ferrari. \u2018Oof\u2019, I\u2019m thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s driving his Ferrari through Chapeltown, I think I\u2019m one of the mandem, I think I\u2019m one of the guys. You feel like the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in the Ferrari, we\u2019re having a fantastic time. We do a little bit of shopping, go to a steak restaurant, I think it was Gaucho.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m having a whale of a time. It gets to about 7, 8 o\u2019clock, where do we end up? Strip club.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe took me a strip club and basically was saying, \u2018This is the life you could lead. If you concentrate you could have all of this, all of what we have done today, Ferrari, shopping, Gaucho, strip clubs\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s when I knew I had made it, that\u2019s when I knew \u2018yeah, it was time\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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