Micah Richards reveals he spent $150,000 on ONE night out in Los Angeles after his Manchester City pay rocketed from £5,000-a-week to £50,000 at the age of 19... with Alan Shearer joking: 'That must have been one hell of a f****** hangover!

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Micah Richards has revealed he once spent $150,000 on a night out in Los Angeles after being given a mega pay-bump at Manchester City as a 19-year-old.  

Richards, now a Sportsmail columnist and pundit on BBC and Sky Sports, came through the academy at Manchester City and made his debut for the first-team at the age of 17. 

But as he explains to Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on the Match of the Day Top 10 podcast, Richards admits the wealth came slightly too early as he downed tools. 

Micah Richards revealed he spent $150,000 in LA after being given a pay-rise by Man City 

Richards admits the wealth came slightly too early as he downed tools as a teenager 

'I was given a bit too much too soon, so you just down tools a little bit,' he said. 

'And I am not afraid to say because you know the papers will document it. I went from £5,000 a week to £50,000 a week. From 18 to 19! That's what I mean!'

A stunned Lineker and Shearer listened in as Richards continued: 'So I'm on £2.5m a year. This is in the late 2000's. I went from £500 to £5,000 a week and it was fully deserved at the time. 

'(With) £50,000 a week it was more because I was an asset, so if they wanted to sell me...'

The former defender was a teenage star when he broke through the ranks at Manchester City 

Lineker then asks: 'Do you think because it came to you that soon you weren't mature enough to deal with it properly and therefore you went off the rails a little bit?'

The ex-Man City and England defender responds: 'I didn't spent money and waste it because I've got loads of property. It was different because you're going out and you're buying everyone, you want to be the man, the man around the town. 

'I went to LA one time and honestly in one night we spent $150,000! Honestly, on just drink and having a good time. 

But he admits to being given too much money too soon as he told how much he once spent 

Premier League record goalscorer Shearer, at this point, has his head in his hands before quipping: 'That must have been one hell of a f****** hangover!'

Lineker, smirking, then says: 'That's a lot to drink. I'm not sure I want to know what the good time was. Actually I don't think I do!' 

The trio regularly talk through top 10 lists related to the Premier League as well as tell anecdotes from their illustrious careers on the podcast.