CBS Sports host Kate Scott left former Manchester City defender Micah Richards speechless on Tuesday evening with a brutal joke about the club's guilty verdict in the Premier League financial rules case.
Richards was joined on the Champions League panel by Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher when Scott turned her attention to City's recent punishment.
Joke targets Richards' medals
City were found guilty earlier this month of breaking 114 of the Premier League's financial rules, a verdict the club denies and has appealed. Punishments could range from points deductions to relegation or even stripping of titles, which could mean Richards is no longer a Premier League winner.
Opening the CBS coverage, Scott said: "Welcome along to London, so good to have you with us!"
She continued: "I'm Kate Scott, joined by a man who has won it all: the World Cup, the Euros, the Champions League, the Premier League, La Liga...Thierry Henry."
"Next to him is a Champions League winner, what was the UEFA Cup, now the Europa League, he won the FA Cup, the League Cup, Jamie Carragher."
"And then - well, this is awkward - he already has less accolades than anyone on set, for now he is still a Premier League and an FA Cup winner."
Laughter on set
Scott added: "That is until he has to mail those medals back to somebody at Stoke or Manchester United...what will he tell women then everybody?" Her cheeky comments were almost drowned out by the laughter of Henry and Carragher.
The verdict, released earlier this month, found that City had "arranged sham contracts" with a number of its commercial partners, misrepresenting the true agreement between the parties, and relied on "sham" agreements with others to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs over a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018.
A statement said: "The club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators."
It added that throughout the investigation City "committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the league".
City reject the findings and have launched an appeal. The club confirmed: "Manchester City Football Club can confirm that at 7pm on Thursday 1st October 2026 the club lodged its comprehensive appeal against the opinion of the Premier League Commission, in relation to the Premier League disciplinary matter.
"The club's firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe. The club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions, relating to this case."
City added: "We will continue to respect due process and are necessarily restricted in what we can say further until all proceedings are complete."
