Micah Richards jokes Kylian Mbappe has 'more of an aura than Thierry Henry

Micah Richards has teased Thierry Henry claiming Kylian Mbappe has 'more of an aura' than the Arsenal legend, before insisting that the Paris-Saint Germain forward needs to leave the club.

The 25-year-old's contract with the Ligue 1 side is set to expire this summer and seems to be edging closer to a move to Real Madrid.

Recent reports have also suggested that Mbappe could be 'willing to join Arsenal' amid 'doubts over offers from the LaLiga club'.

Henry, meanwhile, is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to have ever featured in the Premier League, scoring 228 goals in 377 appearances for the Gunners. Like Mbappe, he also won a World Cup with France, and is also renowned for being one of the coolest strikers to have graced the game.

Despite that, Richards claimed Mbappe might have more style than the legendary France international. The former Man City star told CBS Sports: ‘Honestly looking at him [Mbappe], his aura, he’s just… he reminds me of a young Titi [Henry]. He really does. But I think he’s got a little bit more…’

His statement prompted loud cries from Jamie Carragher, Kate Abdo and Henry inside the CBS Sports studio. Carragher was overheard on the broadcast saying: ‘No! Woah, woah, woah.’

Richards came back to clarify his statement, saying: ‘I mean style, not as a player – calm down, calm down.’

The ex-Man City star addressed Henry directly, stating: ‘Titi [Henry] I wasn’t disrespecting you by the way,' Richards said. 'I mean I was talking about va va voom!'

Abdo: 'So you don’t feel like he has style? What do you mean by that?'

Richards: 'I said he could have more. He [Henry] has got loads of style, but Kiki [Mbappe] is you know...'

The cameras then turned to Henry, who hilariously hit back at Richards, stating in response: 'It’s because I nutmegged him… Honestly.'

The former Man City defender has previously recounted the moment Henry out-skilled him, claiming that the Frenchman had 'winked' at him after passing the ball between his legs.

Mbappe, meanwhile, joined PSG from Monaco initially on a loan transfer in 2017, but has gone on to score a phenomenal 242 goals in 289 matches, but has never won the Champions League with the club.

With PSG in action tonight against Real Sociedad in the knockout stages of the tournament Abdo pressed Richards on his comments again, stating: 'There may be no better way to end his time at PSG than delivering the Champions League to them, Micah?'

Richards replied: ‘Yeah it’s going to be tough though, but it’s not a one-man team, he’s had Neymar he’s had Messi.

'It’d be a great send-off of course it would.But it’s not about one man. I just love him because genuinely he’s the best player on earth right now. People were talking about him earlier in the season saying: “he wasn’t doing that well, he’s gone through a bit of a blip”… He’s scored 30 goals this season in 29 appearances!

He lumped praise on the PSG star, saying: 'Honestly I get so excited talking about him because when everyone doubts him he just delivers. Even when I doubted him in one game he shook me up. I just think he’s a joy to watch. He Can play either wing. So quick, electric.

'He can score goals. He is an all-round superstar. I love him in a PSG shirt but he needs to go and do better things and be winning Champions Leagues, and it looks like it could be Real Madrid.'