Sunday, 22 September 2019
Chris Smalling was Challenged to Adapt to AS Roma
By db-admin
DBasia.news – Chris Smalling’s move from Manchester United to AS Roma still makes many people wonder. Not unexpectedly, Smalling went directly outside England after the club recruited Harry Maguire.
“You do see very few English players going abroad and those who do so are mostly good players if only they didn’t leave England,” Smalling told The Telegraph’s website.
“I feel that the failure of many of the English players is a matter of language. On the field you can learn the basics of languages like ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘behind you’, but outside the field, you want to have influence and association around the team.”
“Maybe where some English players are not fully committed to language, off the pitch it is a big gap.”
Seeing this, Smalling was quite eager to learn new languages and cultures and wanted to adapt as quickly as possible to AS Roma and competition in Italy.
“We will be traveling together as a team, so it is important to communicate as much as I can. It helped me become more comfortable around my teammates. It makes the experience so much better. By studying I can bring us closer and get to know them as quickly as possible.”
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