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Man City defender Richards explains shutting down Twitter account

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 09:17

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has explained closing down his Twitter account.

Richards came off twitter because of racist abuse.

He told the Manchester Evening News: “I did enjoy Twitter and the banter with the fans, but I didn’t like the abuse you get on it. Sometimes you want to retaliate, but you have to be the bigger man and not.

“I thought it was just for the best for myself because it can affect your confidence if people are saying things about you.

“I just thought it was best to come off and concentrate fully on football.”

Richards added: “There are always going to be people who have a certain opinion of people. I have to say in English football that I think it has been outstanding.”

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