2024/25 Charly Alcaraz

[Jimishorts]

Think Jack does speak a little bit from a post I saw somewhere before

Snoods, gloves and no shin pads!

 

[HKContractDave]

He might have picked up a bit playing during his stint in the US

Pretty sure I saw him do a post for our/PL's Spanish Twitter page on his return last summer but can't find it now.

Leeds' Jack Harrison reveals keys to Marcelo Bielsa's success, plus NYC food takes and 'Murderball sessions'

Jack Harrison joins the ¡Qué Golazo! podcast to talk about everything from pizza to Marcelo Bielsa's training regimen

www.cbssports.com

For what it's worth, Harrison's Spanish is actually not bad. "It's getting a little bit better," he says. "I studied Spanish in school for a little bit so I know how to formulate sentences...my girlfriend is actually Costa Rican so I understand a lot of the Spanish, I think I get a bit shy when it comes to actually speaking it."

 

[Jebus_lives]

Football is a universal language is a quote attributed to George Weah

Sorry, I know, I was just being facetious

 

[Ged G]

And smoke cigars.

I have only seen that in Cuba

 

[Ged G]

I'm sure there are millions of Brits living on the Costas who don't speak a word of Spanish after 5 years

correct... but make it 10 years

 

[Jebus_lives]

You can communicate quite a lot without words, especially in Sport. The struggle will be the tactics I suspect - but he will know enough from Southampton & Moyes will know enough from Spain to be able to manage.

I imagine the harder thing will be the day to day stuff and not hearing Spanish at all. I assume the club will get him a liaison.

 

[maccavennie]

Think Jack does speak a little bit from a post I saw somewhere before

I knew it would be worth keeping Jack after all. Your crap at football mate but at least you can pass on instructions to Charly for us!

 

[RufusCat]

correct... but make it 10 years

25 years in the case of a couple of friends of mine. His directions technique for taxi drivers is perfect, if they don't understand, say it louder (shout).

 

[maccavennie]

Pretty sure I saw him do a post for our/PL's Spanish Twitter page on his return last summer but can't find it now.

Leeds' Jack Harrison reveals keys to Marcelo Bielsa's success, plus NYC food takes and 'Murderball sessions'

Jack Harrison joins the ¡Qué Golazo! podcast to talk about everything from pizza to Marcelo Bielsa's training regimen

www.cbssports.com

Played for the rs and the mancs when he was a little kid. He's been passed around more times than a hooker

 

[jazzy]

Oh I understand that and I couldn't learn another language if my life depended on it
I just can't imagine how hard it must be to settle into a squad of players when there are obvious communication difficulties.

I lived in France for 6 months and whilst not fluent had a reasonable command of the language, at least I thought I did until I had to go to the French tax office .

It is so much easier if you are living in a country to pick it up but to be honest as soon as you stop speaking it you forget a lot of it.

Perhaps that's what's happened with Charly? The other thing is having a chat with say club mates or in my case neighbours is very different to being under pressure when interviewed by the media.

 

[jazzy]

At least Harrison is useful for something

 

[Cameron Manning]

You can communicate quite a lot without words, especially in Sport. The struggle will be the tactics I suspect - but he will know enough from Southampton & Moyes will know enough from Spain to be able to manage.

I imagine the harder thing will be the day to day stuff and not hearing Spanish at all. I assume the club will get him a liaison.

I know of a Spanish girl who works on Shiel Road she could be a good liaison.

 

[bluerobert]

We sign one Argentinian player and all of a sudden GOT is filled with language professors

 

[Eggs]

The language of football is universal. You don't
Need to speak the local lingo in order to be able to
Communicate with the ball.
Robinho

….’on me head son’.

 

[jazzy]

I know of a Spanish girl who works on Shiel Road she could be a good liaison.

We've got enough crabs in our team as it is