Football legend Ian Wright has spoken about how he became friends with Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger.
Former Arsenal footballer Wright spoke about this on a guest appearance during a special pre-season edition of the Stick to Football podcast.
The show saw Ian Wright joined by Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Jill Scott, and Wayne Rooney, where he was asked who he would swap lives with for the day.
When asked about this, Ian Wright revealed that he would love to the live the life of Mick Jagger, while explaining how he became friends with the musician.
“I’ll probably go Mick Jagger. What a life Mick Jagger has had. Jesus, definitely Mick Jagger. He’s the one that is coming to my head as the kind of life you think ‘Wow that’s amazing’, he’s still doing it, man. Still cranking out unbelievable songs", Wright said.
Explaining further, Ian Wright spoke about getting injured during the 1998 FIFA World Cup, when he received a phone call from a representative of Jagger's.
“Do you know what I remember, during the ’98 World Cup when I got injured out of it, I remember I got a call from someone and they were saying ‘Listen, I represent Mick Jagger, he wants to give you a call,’ and I said ‘Yeah, that’s fine’ and so the person called back and sounded like Mick Jagger and I was like ‘Stop fucking about’ and so I put the phone down and it came back and the person said ‘Ian, honestly, seriously Mick, he wants to speak with you about something, he’s got to have a word with a French TV company and he wants to have a couple of lines", Wright explained.
He added: “And so I said ‘Yeah, fine’, and so he came on and I said, ‘Listen, just say I’m just really excited about the youngster’ – you know Michael Owen had just come in to the team".
“I remember I was on a motorbike trip to Barcelona and Mick Jagger was staying next door and he knew I was staying next door and then he came across with me and my mates in there and knocked on the door and said ‘Listen, all of you are invited to the concert’ and I couldn’t believe it! Like, Mick Jagger is my friend off the back of that. Since then, he’s always been someone who is at the forefront of my mind".
Last year, Ian Wright also spoke to Noel Gallagher, which saw the former Oasis guitarist reveal what footballers he would love to have in his band. More on this here.
