Jamie Carragher says his Scouse accent was what nearly stopped him getting a job on CBS Sports as an analyst.
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- Carragher part of CBS Sports team for Champions League
- Was worried U.S. viewers would not understand him
- Has formed a great relationship with co-stars
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WHAT HAPPENED?
Carragher has branched out from his job at Sky Sports and works for U.S. broadcasters CBS Sports on Champions League matchdays. The 46-year-old is a strong character with a thick Scouse accent and he has revealed that the executive producers of the show played a video of him to their wives to determine whether people would be able to understand him if he joined the show.
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WHAT CARRAGHER SAID
Speaking to The Guardian, Carragher said: "He [Peter Radovich] was worried whether or not the audience would understand me. Would you believe these three executives played a video of me to all their wives and it was basically down to them to decide if they could understand me. Two of them did, one was not sure. So I just got the votes."
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Carragher's work on CBS Sports is much more relaxed than his duties with Sky Sports. The former Liverpool defender puts that down to the cultural differences between the two audiences and admits he can be a bit more of himself alongside Thierry Henry and Co.
He said: " I wouldn’t say the producers at Sky are saying, ‘Do this it will be funny.’ They really want top analysis. We want to be the best and most respected show about football. With CBS, the producers are always asking, ‘How can we make this funny?’ It think it’s probably down to American culture. It’s new to me. But I love it."
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WHAT NEXT FOR CARRAGHER?
Carragher will be back with the gang at CBS on Saturday for the Champions League final at Wembley. The team, led by Kate Abdo and complemented by Henry, Carragher and Micah Richards will have plenty more hilarious moments up their sleeve as Europe's top competition comes to a close under the famous arch.
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