GARY LINEKER “fired shots” at Jamie Carragher and his Stick to Football co-stars in a hilarious case of podcast wars.
It comes after Carragher told his CBS Sports crew that he's part of the “best podcast” this week.
r gloated to , Kate Scott andMicah Richardsduring his usual midweek coverageof Europe‘s elite competition.
And Richards jumped at the chance to defend his own the Rest is Football show with Lineker and .
In a segment where answering his phonelive on air, Richards quizzed: “Do you feel like you’re at the top of your game at the moment, Jamie?”;
And Carragher bit back with: “Well, I’m on the best show, I’m on the bestPremier Leagueshow and I’m on the best podcast.”;
The legend was referencing his other roles onSky Sports‘and the Stick to Football series.
Richards took issue and joked: “The numbers say differently.”;
To which Carragher continued: “Wages or are we talking numbers?”;
That prompted Richards to say: “We’re talking numbers. We’re talking listeners.”;
Before Carragher quipped: “I get stopped in the street about my podcast.”;
Their back-and-forth was unsurprisingly brought up on the latest episode ofThe Rest Is Footballby host
Finding the funny side, Linker asked Richards in a tongue-in-cheek way: “Before I go on, did you have a little squabble withJamie Carragher?
“He tried to pretend that they’ve got the best football podcast?”;
Richards explained: “Podcast wars, basically. I had to pull him up about the podcast, I had to do that.”;
Lineker jokingly interjected: “I would hope so, Micah.”;
Richards continued: “When it comes to numbers, we do the numbers don’t we?”
presenter Lineker brutally pointed out: “Yeah, they’re languishing miles behind, and that’s okay.
“We like to have a bit of competition in there but you can’t be the best podcast when you stand there talking over each other all the time.”;
That drew huge bursts of laughter from Shearer, with Richards saying: “Gary’s firing shots!”;
Lineker’s production company – Goalhanger – currently dominates football podcasts in the UK with its The Rest Is Football show.
It is followed by the likes of Stick to Football, That Podcast and Fozcast – The Podcast.
Stick to Football is part ofGary Neville’s The Overlap podcast series and regularly includes the likes of, ,Jill Scottand Carragher.
