This post is somewhat hypocritical as I also currently reside in a foreign country, and have not yet mastered the language.

Watching the press conference welcoming Tevez to Manchester City I found myself wondering why a player who has been playing in England for the last 3 years has not yet learned any English?  Surely players must understand they are not being paid 100K a week just to play football; there is much more to it than that, such as meeting fans, attending press conferences, going to events, talking to press after the match etc..

Maybe I’m being too critically but I think footballers, being public figures, and so highly paid should make an effort to learn the language of the country they play in.  At least learn some footballing cliché and mix them together, “I’m happy to be playing for this club”, “I think things will go well”, “We played well”, “We could have played better”…

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