Thanks for joining for another big episode of Greats with Garby and a chat with a man who has just landed the top job as coach of the Perth Glory in the A-League - his hometown club. A teen phenomenon he was signed by West Ham at just 15 years of age, went on to star in their FA Youth Cup winning team in 1999 alongside the likes of Joe Cole and his best mate Michael Carrick. He made his Premier League debut for the Hammers and also played in the world’s biggest league for Hull City and has been capped 17 times for the Socceroos including as a starter in that infamous opening clash of the 2010 World Cup against Germany.

He is Richard Garcia (please note this was recorded before the cancelled signings at Perth of Andrew Nabbout and Nathaniel Atkinson)

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