THIERRY HENRY has been left baffled by Micah Richards’ pronunciation of his former teammate.
The CBS pundit was in stitches after hearing Richard’s bizarre way of saying ‘Franck Ribery‘ during Tuesday’s broadcast.
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Richards was joined by host Kate Abdo, as well as fellow pundits Henry and Jamie Carragher to preview Tuesday’s European games.
Ribery played alongside French legend Henry at the 2006 World Cup.
The former Bayern Munich winger came up in conversation as the CBS gang looked ahead to Paris Saint Germain’s trip to Aston Villa.
Richards was profiling PSG’s star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, comparing him to wizard wingmen of the past 20 years.
He said: “Back in the day when you used to play against Robben, and Ribery, and Gareth Bale.
“The touch, go, the cross. Honest to God, the game has changed.
“But I love seeing this guy doing what he is now, because it reminds me of the old school.”
During Micah’s segment, both Henry and Abdo had begun to giggle.
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Rather than putting a French flair to Ribery’s name, he’d pronounced it “Rubery”.
The camera panned to Henry, who was pointing to a laughing Abdo.
Henry hit back: “It’s Ribery. Rib-ery.”
Abdo added: “I made the mistake of looking at Thierry.
“You know that the Thierry is the pronunciation police.”
Richards tried again, only for the effort to come out “Rubbery.”
He spluttered: “I can’t say anything on this show!
“Kate move us on please, before I get cancelled.”
One fan laughed in response to the viral clip: “Rubbery is crazyyyy.”
Another said: “I love this show man.”
And a third giggled: “Micah is a mess.”
Aston Villa came close but could not quite complete a dramatic Champions League comeback against PSG.
Unai Emery’s side conceded two early goals to find themselves 5-1 down on aggregate against the Ligue 1 champions and staring at an exit.
But then Youri Tielemans scored to give the hosts hope before John McGinn and Ezri Konsa scored to leave Villa needing just a goal and PSG seriously wobbling.
Villa piled on the pressure but PSG managed to hold on. Villa won 3-2 on the night but went out 5-4 on aggregate.
PSG progress to the semi-final, where they play the winner of Real Madrid and Arsenal.
