Micah Richards is baffled by Richarlison’s back tattoo with his own face on it alongside his international teammate Neymar and Brazilian legend Ronaldo.
The Tottenham star revealed the tattoo as he took off his shirt to celebrate the 93rd minute equalizer as they came on Sunday after three goals against Liverpool.
Despite his emphatic celebration after his first Premier League goal for the club, Spurs still lost the game when Diogo Jota scored for Jürgen Klopp’s side a minute later.
Richards could be heard laughing in the background as Richarlison’s tattoo was brought up for discussion on BBC Five Live’s The Monday Night Club.
When asked why he was laughing, Richards replied, “It’s a bit ridiculous, isn’t it?”
Micah Richards has mocked Richarlison’s tattoo featuring the Tottenham star’s face in the middle of Brazilian legend Ronaldo and international teammate Neymar
Richarlison showed off the tattoo as he scored Spurs’ third goal in their 4-3 defeat to Liverpool
Richards said it’s “weird” to have a current player and teammate’s face tattooed
“I mean R9 (Ronaldo), a legend of the game. Neymar has done very well for himself, but why get him tattooed?’
“Neymar is an excellent player, but it’s strange, he’s still playing.”
“I mean if it was like people who have retired I would get it, but Neymar is his teammate.
“It’s like getting a Daniel Sturridge tattoo. I mean, I like him, I love him, he’s a good player, but I’m not going to get a tattoo from him.’
Richards was Sturridge’s teammate at Man City before the latter left for Chelsea in 2009.
Richarlison’s giant back tattoo shows himself in the centre, with Ronaldo on the left and Neymar on the right.
He debuted his new ink on Instagram in December, sharing images of artist @dom.tattoo during the World Cup, where Brazil were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Croatia.
Richards compared it to getting a tattoo from ex-Man City teammate Daniel Sturridge
Richards played alongside Sturridge (right) in City’s youth academy and the early years of their senior career before the striker moved to Chelsea in 2009
Explaining his tattoo in an interview with GQ magazinesaid Richarlison: ‘Ronaldo was my hero when I first started playing football.
“Neymar is of my generation, just a few years ahead of me. I wanted to play like him and have the same hair.’
“And then I added myself, because I’m also inspired by myself.”
The tattoo also depicts a child overlooking a favela, wearing a Richarlison jersey and a baseball cap.
Richarlison got his first tattoo in 2020 and has amassed a growing collection over the past three years.
There have been many shocking tattoos seen in the Premier League in recent years.
Everton player Dele Alli has drawn on his body a host of animated TV and video game stars, including Super Mario, Rick and Morty and Stewie from Family Guy.
During his time at Tottenham, Alli showed off his new sleeve consisting of those characters in a video to his then teammate Sergio Reguillon.
Manchester United star Jadon Sancho also showed his love for cartoon characters by getting a tattoo of the Simpsons on his arm.
Jadon Sancho also has a penchant for cartoons as he got the Simpsons tattooed on his arm
Emile Smith Rowe’s tattoo of a clock on top of a lion has 13 numbers on the face instead of 12
Arsenal star Emile Smith Rowe had a Roman numeral clock inked on his left arm, above a highly detailed lion’s face.
But instead of the usual 12 numbers on a clock, Smith Rowe’s tattoo has 13 numbers on the face while the number four on his arm is also written as ‘IIII’ instead of ‘IV’.
Richarlison isn’t the only player to have himself tattooed on his body, as former Man City and current Bayern Munich star Leroy Sane has ink celebrating a goal on his back.
One of the most bizarre tattoos seen in recent years was former Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno, who got a monkey with a gun on his right thigh.
Leroy Sane, like Richarlison, also has a tattoo of himself on his back while celebrating a goal
Alberto Moreno shared a photo on Instagram of his tattoo showing a monkey holding a gun