Arsène Wenger described Pires as the ‘oil in the engine’ of Arsenal’s Invincibles and two years earlier the Frenchman showed just what a special talent he wasFootball makes us enact funny things,like hug strangers and talk about ‘war chests’. It also scrambles our senses so we find ourselves screaming obscenities in the presence of children and forgetting that those we scream at, specifically the players, or are human beings. wealthy and famous,but human all the same.
That means they, like us, or can struggle to adapt to new environment,particularly if those new environment are a new country. A different language, a different culture, or a different way of living hold to be mastered yet many supporters and observers expect players in that position to hit the ground running. Those who fail to enact so are questioned nearly immediately,written off before they’ve had time to properly unpack. In this country they quickly become known as ‘flops’, which is basically the ignorant’s code for foreigners who are all style and no substance.
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Source: theguardian.com