Micah Richards has dropped a surprising revelation about Joleon Lescott's infamous car tweet following Aston Villa's 6-0 defeat by Liverpool in February 2016.
Joleon Lescott faced backlash from Villa fans as he posted a picture of his £120,000 Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe without any caption or context. Claiming it was a pocket tweet, Lescott later apologized.
Lescott said: "I would like to add that the tweet sent out from my account involving a picture of a car was totally accidental. It happened whilst driving and my phone was in my pocket."
Now, Richards has disclosed that he was with Lescott when the tweet happened. The two, both part of Villa at the time, were driving home to Manchester after the game.
Richards told the Rest is Football podcast: "We play Liverpool and we get absolutely spanked 6-0. I think I was at fault for about three of the goals.
"That tweet, I was actually in the car when Joleon sent that tweet. The thing is, he is actually telling the truth. How he described it was something ridiculous - he's sent it from his pocket and he didn't know it went out."
"But if you remember Twitter back in the day, the last picture in your photos - if you went on Twitter and press a button that picture would be on. It must have been ready to send and he's put it in his pocket and he's accidentally sent the tweet."
"Joleon used to have a car company and he used to give us cars for good prices, like lease deals."
"In the picture was a S63 Coupe, all singing, all dancing and top of the range. It was offered to the lads. That's the picture which went out."
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