{"id":296340,"date":"2023-11-03T10:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296340"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:25:06","slug":"micah-richards-reveals-how-john-terry-ended-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-reveals-how-john-terry-ended-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards reveals how John Terry ended his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Micah Richards reveals how John Terry effectively ended his career at Aston Villa &#8211; but insists he holds no grudges against then-boss Steve Bruce<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Micah Richards retired in 2019 after an underwhelming spell at Aston Villa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Richards made two league\u00a0appearances\u00a0during his final three years at the club\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micah Richards has reflected on how John Terry&#8217;s move to Aston Villa inadvertently ended his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richards made 245 appearances for Manchester City\u00a0after breaking into the first team as a promising young defender, while he also won 13 England caps and represented\u00a0Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>After a loan spell at Fiorentina, he moved to Villa on a free transfer in 2015 but struggled for fitness and game-time as they were relegated from the Premier League in 2015-16.<\/p>\n<p>He made just two league appearances the following campaign, but by 2017-18, Steve Bruce was at the helm and Richards was fit and raring to go.<\/p>\n<p>That same summer Villa signed legendary Chelsea\u00a0defender Terry upon his departure from Stamford Bridge, with the former England captain going on to spend the final season of his playing career at Villa Park. However,\u00a0this had consequences for Richards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/09\/77356661-12706127-image-a-3_1699003209867.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Micah Richards reflected on how John Terry&#8217;s move to Aston Villa ended his playing career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/09\/77356421-12706127-image-a-4_1699003237247.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Terry joined Villa for one season after leaving Chelsea but refused to play in a back three<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He (Bruce) did tell me he was going to play me (that season),&#8217; he told BBC&#8217;s MOTD Top 10 podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And we signed John Terry. So, it was going to be me on the right of the three, John Terry and James Chester.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;JT basically came to Villa and said &#8220;I&#8217;m not playing in a three&#8221;. So Bruce pulls me and he says &#8220;well, I&#8217;ve got to play JT&#8221; and he had James Chester at Hull so I knew the writing was on the wall then.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Richards failed to make an appearance that season, with Bruce citing fitness issues at the time.<\/p>\n<p>He also failed to play the following campaign due to an ongoing knee problem before he announced his retirement in July 2019 at the age of 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/09\/77356397-12706127-image-m-5_1699003303152.jpg\" height=\"615\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richards revealed Steve Bruce had told him he was going to play but given Terry&#8217;s refusal, he was subsequently not picked. The defender failed to make an appearance across the season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/09\/77356491-12706127-image-m-6_1699003336541.jpg\" height=\"491\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, Richards insisted he held no grudges against Bruce and was full of praise for him<\/p>\n<p>Bruce was sacked in October 2018, but Richards insisted he held no grudges against the 62-year-old, although he also recalled a hilarious story involving his former manager&#8217;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;<span>I love him as a guy, but he sucked me right in though he did. Do you know what he did?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I moved to Harrogate and his daughter is an interior designer. So, he goes &#8220;oh yeah we&#8217;re all friends now&#8221;. And I know his son Alex but he sucked me right in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I spent about \u00a3400,000 on interior design and he still didn&#8217;t play me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12706127\/Micah-Richards-John-Terry-Chelsea-Aston-Villa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micah Richards reveals how John Terry effectively ended his career at Aston Villa &#8211; but insists he holds no grudges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Micah Richards reveals how John Terry ended his career - All My Sports News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-reveals-how-john-terry-ended-his-career\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Micah Richards reveals how John Terry ended his career - All My Sports News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Micah Richards reveals how John Terry effectively ended his career at Aston Villa &#8211; 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