Is Man City the new Inter Milan for Argentines

No, just a bunch of rich Middle Eastern Tycoons who are happy they attended their prom or have their wedding happen suddenly. They happen to own a English Premiere club and now they just need the Ken, Barbi and doll houses.

It's all an illusion. Money doesn't make a team better, look at Real Madrid over the years. These clubs like Cheslea and Manchester City aren't worth going to if they don't have real passion or structure.

Inter and Italian football have foundation of Argentine history so the ease into the system is there.

Players need to concern themselves about their own merits and not attend a place because you feel 'comfortable' there.

 

clubs like man city and chelsea are useless. chelsea especially. in both cases, it was complete luck that they got good. if the russian had chosen arsenal or west ham, they would be even better b/c those clubs actually produce youth. (lampard and joe cole actually came from west ham, not chelsea)

man city? please. riquelme will not go there. no chance. i strongly doubt di maria would go to. tevez only went there for the money. the guy says he is happy in england, but doesn't speak english at all. he also said he wants to retire after the world cup, but yet he has plans to return to boca in 2 years? who knows with carlitos. he is a guy who should keep his mouth shut.

 

Personally, I would like to see less Argentines in the EPL. I understand the economics of the deal and know that the EPL pays but it seems that the Argentine players lose something in their game. I take Tevez as a prime example.

 

Maybe if they were more accommodating to Argentinians/South Americans they would be able to fit in.

There's nothing wrong with living in England. It's the accomodation, I would think. How come every Argentine can fit in nicely in most countries in Europe with languages that hardly sound like Spanish and fit in nicely?

Liverpool in one aspect is a club that fits it's players in nicely.

 

I didn't mean in getting used to the country but rather in the things that they teach or expect from the players. Maybe it's the clashing ideologies? Who knows?

 

I mean it that way. The English clubs should do more to train the players to speak English, understand where they are coming from, and look at the view from the players in how to teach or expect things. Maybe have bi-lingual trainers to make things easier.

 

Well, D'Alessandro did well at Portsmouth. The fans loved him and the coach wanted him to stay. In hindsight, he made a mistake in going to Zaragoza.

 

My understanding is that teams give players instruction in the language from day one. Certain teams expect their players to know English as it is vital to the communication between players.

I'm sorry, I don't have the article now but I believe that it had to do with Tevez at West Ham.

Again I could be wrong and maybe it was just a specific case that the article I read was mentioning.

As for Tevez, I can't believe that he doesn't speak English. He's got to at least have a basic understanding of it. He can't be mute. Maybe he's just embarrassed to speak it.

I have a cousin like that, while he understand English very well, he's just shy to speak. If you met him, you would just think that he doesn't speak it. Who knows if this is the case with Tevez but I feel he's got to speak something at least.

 

Maybe he wasn't there long enough. And you are right, maybe he should have stayed, who knows if later on he could have advanced to a bigger team.

 

The title of the thread should be changed, because Catania was the new Inter, Porto was the new Catania, and now Benfica is the new Porto.