Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Bayern Munich defender Chris Richards for an initial £8.5m, plus £2.5m in add-ons, on a five-year-deal.
He has been pushed further down the pecking order at Bayern by the arrival of Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus.
"It'll be cool to be part of this historic club - I'm really excited for it," Richards said.
"I grew up watching the Premier League and of course watching [Wilfried] Zaha, so it'll be cool to spend some time on the field with them.
"It's a lot of young players but also young players who have a lot of fight.