Micah Richards has expressed his 'biggest fear' for CBS show as doubts linger over the future of key pundit

Micah Richards has revealed his biggest fear over the popular CBS Sports Champions League show.

Former Manchester City and England defender Richards is part of the popular CBS panel alongside Kate Abdo, Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry.

The four of them head the channel’s Champions League coverage and have become popular due to their on-screen chemistry.

However, in a recent interview with The Athletic, Richards spoke about his biggest fear about the future of the show.

He said: “We’ve got something special here, and I’m not saying it for the sake of saying it. I think we could do this for another 10 years. But I only think it works if we all stay together. That is my biggest fear.

“We don’t know where Thierry will be. At that moment he is allowed to do both (Henry is the coach for the Under-21 French national team), but if he takes a Premier League job or a Serie A or La Liga job, he can’t always do this. So that is my fear. The question is for Theirry. He probably can’t give us any guarantees. But for me, I want to be doing CBS for as long as I possibly can.”

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Henry added: “Obviously, having the opportunity to coach the Under-21 and the Under-23 for the big games, I made sure that I could do both. So that tells you something because I would have stopped CBS if I didn’t see a value of it. I do understand that if something is missing, then a lot will be missing. I’m not talking about me. It can be Micah, it can be Kate, it can be Jamie. If we’re not together, I don’t think it will be the exact same show.

“What’s going to happen after my two years with the Under-21 (which ends in summer 2025)? I don’t know what’s going to happen. All I know is right now I’m happy to be here and don’t want to miss anything. I don’t know where my mind is going to be in two years. Do I still want to coach? I don’t know.”

The Arsenal legend added: “I cannot go further than that on that question in terms of what I’m going to do next because I don’t know what’s going to come next. But I’m happy with CBS and I made sure that I could do both.”