Julio Arca - Undr The Cosh


I loved Julio. I remember him scoring against us for Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in a 2-2 draw in September 2007 and that he declined to celebrate the goal in front of the visiting Sunderland supporters. Later in the game he went off injured and our fans cheered him as he left the field, such was his popularity.
 
I thought the same. Iirc he mentioned it took about 2 years until he was properly involved in squad conversations/banter etc. due to the language/culture barrier. That was a shock.

Worth noting that when looking at the likes of Bennette, Semedo, Rusyn et al. who all speak little english and have nobody else in the first team that speaks their language. Luckily I think as fans we'll be fairly patient with them anyway.
Yes, but I do think its was so much harder in Julios day.

As mentioned on the episode you’ve got FaceTime with friends back home, foreign language content, google translate, apps to translate menus etc in front of you.

It’ll still be really hard for them but it’s nothing like it was then
 
Good listen that. I know it won’t be a top 5 with parkin as the stories aren’t stupid or what have you. But as a serious interview/chat it’s top notch
 

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