Bayern Munich's Chris Richards: 'Facing Robben and Ribéry, you can't prepare for that'
by David Hytner from on (#5F8HD)
The US international defender, on loan at Hoffenheim, on falling in love with football in Argentina, training at Bayern and his hopes for the future
Chris Richards describes it as the turning point, the moment when football called him to spark a unique journey from Birmingham, Alabama in America's deep south to Bayern Munich.
The 20-year-old centre-half, who went on loan from Bayern to Hoffenheim on 1 February for the remainder of this season, was on a tour of Buenos Aires with an under-16 squad drawn from the south-east of the United States.
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