A FORMER Manchester United looks unrecognisable following his retirement from the beautiful game.
The former left-back played 81 times for United between 2002 and 2007 after coming through the club’s academy.
He scored 11 goals for the club and won the Premier League title in 2003 and 2007.
He was also part of the Manchester United team that won the FA Cup in 2004 and the League Cup in 2006.
After leaving United for Sunderland, he then went on to play for Fulham, Aston Villa and Cardiff.
The defender, 39, has embarked on a very different career path since leaving the game, however.
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He now buys and sells luxury watches to a very exclusive clientele.
Kieran Richardson spoke about his new venture to the Steven Sulley Study podcast.
Richardson looked very different on the pod compared to his playing days, sporting a long man-bun and beard.
His identity appeared even further obscured by the designer sunglasses he was wearing.
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Richardson spoke of the need to keep his clients private because of the risk of them becoming targeted by thieves.
He said: “You have to make sure you trust your dealer.
“I find with my background and who I am, people don’t feel I’m going to rump them and run away with £100,000 because I don’t need your £100,000.
“I get a lot of customers from the trust side and that’s fine. I have a lot of clients but don’t like to tell the big names – I don’t want to open that can of worms, these watches are proper assets.
“I’m private. I have massive clients, trust me – it’s different if they want to put it out there.
“I am thinking about people, not the pound notes. Safety.”
Richardson also told Sulley about his reasons for hanging up his boots in 2017 and the fact that he supports Arsenal despite coming through United’s youth set-up.
He said: “By the end of my career, it became a job, I fell out of love with it and lost that spark. I still enjoyed it but lost that love,” he explained.
“I watch football so much now – I didn’t watch it much as a footballer, I didn’t really care.
“Now as someone not playing, I enjoy being an Arsenal fan, I’m buying a season ticket next season.
“I don’t think there was a conflict of interests.
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“I am an Arsenal fan but when you play for a club, you aren’t thinking about Arsenal.
“Whichever club you’re at, that’s the team you are riding for. I knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup and I scored against them.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
