Can you please injure me to cover up my irresponsibility?

Footballers can be mischievous, no doubt about it. Day in and day out we hear about lack of professionalism among some of the biggest clubs in the world. Some can come off as pretty irritating while some are plain silly.

As Sportsmail reports, ex-Man City defender Nedum Onuoha revealed he deliberately injured his teammate Wayne Bridge in training after Bridge asked him to so he could cover up an injury he suffered while snowboarding.

Onuoha, who retired last year from professional football, began his career at City, coming through the club's academy. Born in Warri, Nigeria, Onuoha was brought up in Manchester.

He made 95 league appearances for the club, but found himself out of favour on Roberto Mancini's arrival, and was one of a number of players forced to train with the youth team.

Among them was Bridge, who was also out the first-team picture. And with opportunities to play few and far between, the former Chelsea defender turned his attentions to matters off the pitch - something that resulted in a bizarre request.

Baloteli, Bridge, Hargreaves, Onuoha & Zabaleta (©Michael Regan/Gallo Images)

Onuoha spoke on the Tubes & Ange Golf Life channel on YouTube.

'It was a tough time at Mancini, when we were training at 3pm with Under 16s. 'Bridgey had a social calendar, whether it was potentially snowboarding, being down in Surrey even though we were playing in Manchester, and I think he may have hurt himself or whatever.

'He asked me the question and at that point we are in the trenches together, so I was like 'yeah, no problem', so I left a tiny bit on him.

'He escaped the situation because maybe he got hurt on the training pitch, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't there.

'I think he hurt himself from doing something that maybe he shouldn't have been doing. Maybe, perhaps, I'm not sure…

'At that point, we were the deadwood. We had nothing going for us and were looking out for each other.'

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.Asked for further details, the retired defender continued.

'It was a tough situation to be in. Bridgey was certainly occupying himself with other things.

'I didn't hurt him but at times the pitch can be a bit unstable. I went in to win the ball and unfortunately he may have rolled his ankle.

'It's just one of those tough times in football I guess, overcoming adversity.'

Onuoha left City in January 2012, having spent the previous season on loan at Sunderland. The Nigerian-born defender joined QPR, where he played for six years before making the move to MLS in 2018, joining Real Salt Lake, where he finished his career.

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Wayne Bridge is known around the footballing world for something other than his skills with the ball. Bridge was part of a scandal that included Chelsea legend and Bridge's then teammate John Terry where allegedly Terry had an affair with Bridge's then wife.