I've always wondered if this is one of the reasons British players remain in Britain rather than go to a Spain, Italy or France to play ball.
I was reading an article that said coaching instructions at Barca are conducted in Spanish and Catalan. For players like Messi, Suarez et al, that's an easy transition, only difference might be some localized dialects. Even for Coutinho, Malcolm and Semedo, the jump from Portuguese to Spanish is almost negligible as both languages are very similar.
I wonder how TSG has coped. I do know the club provide access to language tutors and such.
Germany might be a better landing spot. The Germans are far much better with English than say the Spanish or Italians.
I'd love to play for a club like Lyon. Play for like 3 years and come back speaking fluent french
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