MICAH RICHARDS took a cheeky dig at Gary Lineker immediately after returning to the BBC during the World Cup.
It only took minutes of the for to take a swipe at his fellow pundit – who he is also working with during the tournament.
Micah Richards is starring with Gary Lineker on The Rest Is Football this tournament on Netflix Credit: Netflix
And Richards wasted no time having a cheeky dig at Lineker on his first BBC appearance of the summer
Former presenter , 65, after a controversial social media post – and .
Richards, who often works for Sky Sports during the regular Prem season, will be appearing next to both Lineker and Logan this summer.
He is due to split his World Cup between Lineker’s Rest is Football Manhattan podcast studio and the ‘s home-based setup in the UK.
Appearing along with , Logan, and for the BBC’s first game – vs in Toronto – on Friday, Richards wasted no time in breaking the ice.
Logan aimed an early jibe at him, going through Rooney and Giroud’s major tournament credentials, before saying: “It’s an eighth World Cup for Micah Richards… watching on TV.”
She then continued: “We know you’ve been out in New York this week and I admire your commitment but you didn’t actually need to acclimatise because I’m bringing New York to you right here.”
Pointing to the BBC’s big screen, which changes locations based on different matches, Logan cleared the air around the .
Richards jumped straight in, replying: “This is amazing. If you look over there you can I think you can see Gary Lineker.”
The room exploded with laughter before Logan responded: “Same initials. Different person.”
Former and defender Richards was then asked about his hectic schedule, which requires him to be “over there [America] every few days or so.”
Richards explained: “It felt great. More importantly, it was about the Knicks because they’re doing well [after] so many years.
“We won’t really see the atmosphere and feel it until America play but out there it was buzzing.
“But I’m absolutely buzzing – thanks for the call-up.”
Ex-host Lineker was quick to .
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He said: “‘I am very surprised the Beeb are not coming.
“It doesn’t make sense to me. I understand that whatever they do they get criticised because that is the nature of the BBC.
“But I must say this World Cup is the biggest deal over the next five or six weeks.
“It will probably get the vast majority of the most watched programmes of the year.
“Almost certainly therefore it justifies a presence. And they will cover it fine… but I have done many shows when we have not been able to go to tournaments and you are in a green box.
“Even if it looks like you are not at home – you are. And it’s soulless.”
Lineker will instead be going directly onto with old pal and Richards.
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