The language factor has to be considered. A lot of players from the rest of Europe are at least bilingual, but the vast, vast majority of English players are monolingual. Obviously there are plenty of players who move somewhere where they don't speak the language, but it definitely helps if you're Belgian or Dutch for instance and speak fluent English anyway.
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The language factor has to be considered. A lot of players from the rest of Europe are at least bilingual, but the vast, vast majority of English players are monolingual. Obviously there are plenty of players who move somewhere where they don't speak the language, but it definitely helps if you're Belgian or Dutch for instance and speak fluent English anyway.
Excluding the French players, is it more often than English/Italian players? It might be, but some English players recently move lately than before, I think? Bellingham, Sancho, Young, Smalling, Abraham, etc. all went abroad for some time or are still there.
Most Inglish peeple carnt even speak are own langwidge.
I knew it wouldn't happen!Bin vote casts for pricks who say stuff like “I knew it wouldn’t happen”.
Fuck off
I knew it wouldn't happen!
I can't stand Daniel Greedy, but this one isn't on him.
If it was a Levy one, we'd have made a big song and dance about trying to buy this supposed elite player in the last week of the window, taken it right to the wire and then failed trying.
The Levy special of trying to sign a completely unobtainable player and being left with nothing.
nothing except a pocket full of unspent money.
Too many people drinking and posting
Ah .. Dybala transfer flashbacks.
We're signing him guys! Bid accepted. What's that, the same third party issues we'd have known about this entire window that stopped United buying him have popped up? Nothing we can do here. We tried though guys, honest.
(Agreed though .. this is simply a case of the player not wanting to leave his club. Glad the club tried as he was perfect, but no more to be done really.)
So, if we try to buy an elite player then we have set our sights too high but if we’re going for a second choice then we’re letting the manager down?
Got it. Agenda much?
Not just Dybala. This 3rd party ownership issue has stopped us signing plenty over the years. And it always happens in the last week of the window when there's just not enough time to sort it out.
Not what I said, was it?
Read it again, make notes, don't carry on.
That was just a smiley because I'm waiting on a response to
Mrs Perryman
's challenge...
"Moast Inglish peephole carnt eaven speek there ohn langwidge."
If your gowing too critisize uvvers @ leest get it rite
p.s. I rezent the implicashun
I hope more do. It can only be a good thing for the National team to have our best players, some of them, playing in different leagues that have different tempos and are more tactics based than the hustle and bustle of the Premier League.
I think part of the reason why English players are often looked down on by foreigners is because they see us as some kind of snobs, as our players generally like to stay in their comfort zones instead of moving abroad and learning a new language etc. It's refreshing to see the likes of Sancho, Bellingham and Abraham do it and I hope more follow.
Strange choice of word. Why are English and Italian footballers more likely to remain seated?
Why not the French, they invented the Chaise lounge after all.
Been saying this since the dark ages when 100% of the squad had never played football outside of the Premier League and First Division