Micah Richards Shocks Lineker with Mel B Story

Football pundit left aghast as he revealed his surprise link to Spice Girl Mel B during a podcast chat.

Speaking on their The Rest Is Football podcast with co-host , Micah, 38, completely stunned them with the revelation.

He said: ' she used to babysit me when I was younger!', to which Gary, 65, shouted: 'She used to what!!'

He clarified: 'She used to babysit me! Get her on the pod! My sister still does her hair now!'

Gary then asked: 'That's unbelievable, is that a known stat?'

To which Micah said: 'No it's not, you've got to save stuff for the pod, you know what I mean, always have something up my sleeve...'.

Gary then joked: 'How old were you? 16?!' as the pair laughed away. 

Micah had previously told The I: 'We're all from Leeds, my sister knows her sister and my brother knows her sister Danielle. In the old days people used to just go around each other's houses, you know?

'My mum said years ago that Mel used to babysit me, then my sister confirmed it and I thought 'Ooh!'. She's a proper icon so I was buzzing.

'I don't remember anything about it but I've got two sources now saying it happened! I don't know where it was but I can now confirm it definitely happened. So it is real. But I don't have her number or anything. I couldn't ask her for a pint.'

It comes after fans have claimed that Mel B has been blocked by her  bandmate .

Last week the iconic girlband celebrated the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut single Wannabe.

Geri was the first to share an Instagram post to celebrate the milestone and whilst she gushed about her 'beautiful spice sisters' and insisted 'friendship never ends', fans were quick to notice a clue about the state of her relationship with Mel.

Whilst she tagged bandmates , and , Mel B was untagged, suggesting Geri has been blocked by her bandmate.

The bandmates no longer appear in each other's 'following' lists.