‘Your celebration was s***!’: Micah Richards lays into Alan Shearer for his iconic raised-arm salute… as he pokes enjoyable on the former Newcastle striker’s ‘bland’ trademark gesture
- Micah Richards and Alan Shearer had been requested to call the most effective purpose celebrations
- Richards took the chance to poke enjoyable at Shearer’s iconic raised-arm salute
- He labelled Shearer’s trademark ‘bland’ and the ‘worst celebration’ he had seen
Micah Richards has hilariously savaged Alan Shearer for his iconic purpose celebration throughout his taking part in days.
Shearer established himself as one of the prolific strikers in English soccer in the course of the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s taking part in for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and his beloved Newcastle United.
All through his profession, his celebration remained the identical, with the ahead wheeling away and elevating one arm to the group each time he discovered the web.
Shearer’s trademark celebration was replicated by followers up and down the nation in honour of the previous England captain, however it wasn’t universally common, and Richards has admitted he wasn’t a fan in any respect.
Richards and Shearer had been requested to call their prime 10 celebrations of all time by Gary Lineker on the MOTDTop10 podcast, and Richards couldn’t resist the temptation to put into his fellow pundit.
Alan Shearer made the raised-arm salute his personal throughout his iconic taking part in profession
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Micah Richards has labelled Shearer’s trademark celebration as ‘stunning’ and ‘bland’
‘Earlier than we get to the numbers… your celebration was s***!’ Richards advised Shearer.
Shearer regarded shocked, however Richards continued as he put Shearer’s salute on the backside of his record: ‘Surprising. It is the worst celebration. What is that this? In the event you had been a pack of crisps you would be prepared salted. Bland! All of the targets you scored, and that is all you possibly can consider.’
Shearer hit again, reminding Lineker and Richards ‘260 instances it f***ing occurred’ in reference to his variety of Premier League targets, which stays the main mark in England’s prime division.
This response left Richards and Lineker in stitches, however the former nonetheless wasn’t keen to let Shearer off the hook.
‘What makes it worse, you place it on Twitter and all the pieces,’ Richards mentioned as he identified there may be now an emoji of a person with a raised arm that Shearer is a selected fan of on social media.
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Shearer laughed off Richards’ criticism and claimed his celebration was ‘higher than good’
Ending off on the topic, Richards requested Shearer outright: ‘I am being critical now, do you suppose that was good?’ to which the ex-Magpies striker replied: ‘Higher than good’.
Richards not often scored targets himself throughout his personal profession, discovering the web simply 11 instances in membership soccer earlier than hanging up his boots in 2019.
He was requested how he celebrated on the uncommon events he netted, and proudly advised Lineker and Shearer that he pulled off an extravagant backflip when he scored his first Premier League purpose for Manchester City towards Everton in 2006.
Shearer was left surprised by Richards’ revelation, whereas Lineker jokingly advised Richards to repeat the feat, sparking extra laughter between the trio.