Man City Player Micah Richards Catches Swine Flu

England and Manchester City footballer Micah Richards has contracted swine flu whilsy holidaying on the island of Cyprus.

The Man City defender, 21, is taking Tamiflu medication and ordered not to fly home until he has been given a clean bill of health.

Richards said: ‘At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning. I felt so weak I couldn’t move or eat.’

‘When I was told I had swine flu all sorts of things started going through my mind. You see on the news people dying of it,’ he told The Sun.

Posted on July 11, 2009 | Filed Under Football