£8.5m Crystal Palace man now makes interesting Patrick Vieira claim
Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards has spoken about the quality of duo Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze.
He made a big claim about former manager Patrick Vieira whilst talking about the pair.
So what did Chris Richards say about the quality of the Crystal Palace duo as well as Patrick Vieira? Let’s take a look…
Richards is currently on international duty with the United States of America. He was being interviewed whilst training with his nation.
Speaking to journalist Andrew Jerrell Jones, Richards was asked about the quality of Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise, both in training and also during matches. He said: “Not to say that (Patrick) Vieira wasn’t a good coach. But I think once Roy Hodgson came in and gave them the freedom to do whatever they wanted to, I think you can really see their quality and see why they are rated so highly.”
It is no shock to see him praise the quality of the pair, but it was perhaps surprising to hear what he had to say about Vieira.
The defender’s claim about the Palace duo’s quality coming out more under Roy Hodgson over Vieira is a big one, but it definitely does make sense.
