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Soccer Aid's Sam Thompson given big news live on air which leaves him speechless
Sam was given the news ahead of the Soccer Aid match.
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Sam Thompson was left lost for word live on air this evening after he was given some huge news on Soccer Aid. The Made In Chelsea star had to pull out from playing in the match after injuring himself last week during his charity run.
Despite having a calf injury, Sam is now part of the England coaching team alongside the likes of Tyson Fury and Wayne Rooney. And ahead of the game, he joined Coleen Rooney and hosts Alex Scott and Dermot O'Leary to speak about his gruelling challenge.
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Sam tore his calf during the five day event, which saw him travel from Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home stadium in London to Manchester United's home ground Old Trafford.
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As part of his challenge, Sam travelled hundreds of miles, and there was uncertainty around whether or not he would be able to complete the challenge due to the tear but he managed it in the end.
Coleen Rooney told him live on air that his challenge raised more than £2million - a huge £2,075,564, to be exact, leaving Sam speechless.
Article continues below"Oh my god. I didn’t think we’d make two million. I can’t believe it," he said excitedly, as host Alex quipped: "Speechless, that normally doesn’t happen to Sam right?" Sam then went on to thank those who had donated.
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"I said this a million times but thank you to anybody that has donated. You are true heroes. Thank you so so much. You know the work Unicef do and this is going to help so many kids," he said.
On Friday, Sam announced that he would have to withdraw from playing in the game and joked that he had joined the "dark side".
He said previously: "I'm still very sore, still got the torn calf, however I am here at Soccer Aid HQ and it does not get better than this. We've still got the management team of England, we've got Vicky McClure, Tyson Fury , who's stepping into some new shoes and Harry Redknapp ... But also because I'm not going to be able to run around, you've also got me, part of the management team.
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"Come on baby! ... I came here with high hopes and went to see Gary the physio and I can kick a ball from a standing start, but when it comes to like general chaos of playing competitive sport there's just no way. I cant really run properly so yeah. They were very kind and said we still want you to be a part, so I get to go on the dark side with Tyson Fury."
Sam had told The Mirror said that the challenge left him in so much pain.
He said: "I was crying into my physio’s arms on day one, because I was just so terrified that I was going to be that guy who took this on and got medically discharged. They were talking about doing that but I was like 'no'. I just got into a fast hobble and that just about worked."
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