The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 136 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW CARLOS RICHARDS - We discussed the career of youngster Carlos #Richards with the man himself. We discussed; making #Derby debut, meeting Wayne #Rooney, recovering from rejections + much more. 00:00 Intro 1:55 Guest intro 2:33 Take us back to the beginning 6:37 Carlos Richards upbringing 8:28 How did you get into football? 9:52 Initial Chelsea rejection 10:50 Views on stats vs performance 12:02 Juggling school with football 14:39 Overcoming rejection 19:42 Signing for Derby 22:18 Staying in Digs 24:15 How is it leaving your family? 25:15 Transitioning from London to Derby 26:21 Managing friendship groups 28:08 Getting called to play for the first team 30:14 How is Wayne Rooney the manager? 31:14 How do you assess your own game? 31:11 Which players are you studying? 33:06 Bukayo Saka 33:49 Deep dive on the whole debut experience 37:25 Carlos on experienced players 38:09 This season 39:02 Experience of being thrown into the limelight as younger players 40:45 Can you be thrown in too soon as a youngster? 43:46 Views on football snobbery towards Gibraltar 46:00 Contract situation 47:11 Life outside of football 56:51 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.