You Need English Lessons, Zabaleta Tells Tevez [Eire Region]
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MANCHESTER CITY defender Pablo Zabaleta has urged Carlos Tevez to improve his English for the good of the team.
Tevez's command of the language is still poor despite spending more than three years in the Premier League, and a reluctance to learn the language was one of the criticisms levelled at him when he was at Manchester United. Argentina team-mate Zabaleta, on the other hand, is almost fluent a little over after a year after he arrived from Spain, and he insists that being able to communicate properly with boss Mark Hughes and the City players is vital. 'Carlos tries sometimes to speak English,' said Zabaleta. 'I said to him he needs to come to me for lessons. I didn't speak English before but I learned it here. When I arrived I could not say anything. I got English lessons once a week. It's important because we need to speak with team-mates and managers. And we are living in England for the future so my English is getting better.' Zabaleta also shot down speculation linking him with Juventus. He added: 'I don't know anything about the Juve interest. My head is at Manchester City.' Meanwhile, Alex McLeish has asked Birmingham fans to 'unleash hell' at St Andrew's tomorrow to unsettle Manchester City. 'City need no introduction,' said the manager. 'The names in their side are world- famous. But there is that aspect to football that people want to see the little guy beat the big guy.See the full content of this document
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You Need English Lessons, Zabaleta Tells Tevez [Eire Region]
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