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'Scotland here we come!': Micah Richards jokes he has packed his bags and is ready to follow his Sky Sports pal Roy Keane to Glasgow after reports that the tough-talking pundit wants the Celtic job following Neil Lennon's departure

There are the unlikely punditry duo who endeared themselves to the nation last season - and now Micah Richards has joked that he is ready to join his Sky Sports pal Roy Keane as a coach.

The former Sunderland and Ipswich boss is reportedly keen on the vacant Celtic manager's job after Neil Lennon departed last month, with the club comfortably second best for much of the campaign and conceding the Scottish Premiership to bitter rivals Rangers on March 7 after they drew 0-0 away at Dundee United.

Celtic came runners-up for the first time since 2011 and Keane, who finished his playing career with the Hoops and won the title in 2006, was notably subdued when asked if he had any words of celebration for Steven Gerrard's men, saying that Celtic would 'bounce back next year like all great clubs do' before Richards and fellow pundit Graeme Souness chuckled at his expense.