Gary Neville hammers Micah Richards by saying his problem was he "burst off the scene"
dailystar.co.ukGary Neville claimed that the former Manchester City defender ‘burst off the scene’ rather than on to it.Richards regularly talks about how he shot into the spotlight at the Etihad Stadium and quickly emerged as a bright, young English talent.The Sky Sports pundit’s newfound best mate Roy Keane has consistently shot down that story, and although Neville didn’t disagree with the statement, he returned with a corker of a comeback.Speaking on LADbible’s Agree To Disagree series, the pair were asked: “When Micah was a youngster, did he ‘burst onto the scene’?”To which the former Aston Villa defender replied: “Without a doubt, I burst onto the scene.“People laugh at this, people laugh.
But if you play for your country at 18, and to get there I’d only played 20 odd games of first-team football and I was in the England team.“I remember my debut against (Arjen) Robben.
Robben said ‘oh Chelsea need to buy him’ and all that, I was (worth) £20million worth 15 years ago.”Neville then responded: “I’m not disagreeing with you.
I thought that on that night (in the Sky Sports studio) you had a good argument with Roy.“The problem for you was that you burst off the scene!
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