Jamie Carragher reveals CBS were worried that US audiences wouldn't understand him... and wives of executives gave the green light!

CBS Sports' coverage of football has become a huge hit with fans but Jamie Carragher has revealed the 'dream team' nearly wasn't assembled due to his accent.

Carragher, Micah Richards, Thierry Henry and host Kate Abdo have breathed new life into football broadcasting with their relaxed and joke-filled approach to punditry.

CBS have the rights for the Champions League stateside and clips from their pre and post match shows often go viral.

However, Carragher has revealed that he almost didn't get the job as senior creative director Peter Radovich was concerned that audiences wouldn't actually be able to work out what he was saying.   

'He was worried whether or not the audience would understand me,' Carragher told The Guardian.'

And Radovich had a unique approach to testing whether or not this was this case.

'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,' Carragher continued. Two of them did, one was not sure. So I just got the votes.' 

Carragher then went on to discuss the format of the show and how much of it is off the cuff.   

'A lot of it is spontaneous,' he explained. 'None of us really know what Kate's gonna say. We react to that. 

'One of us might know a funny clip of me or Micah is going to be used. It's about being ourselves and reacting to those situations. The team we have is so great at doing that and they're always trying to catch us out.' 

Carragher clearly enjoys the that style of punditry but insists he wouldn't want MNF to follow suit.   

'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.'