Is Anto Flood fluent in Swedish? John Byrne played for Le Harve but never spoke a word of French. I don't know about any players learn the language but it's more than that. A lot of players don't embrace the culture of different countries. McGeady never really took to Russia and was disciplined by the club on a few occasions.
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...ng-team-orders
The most successful Irish players aboard tend to embrace their new country. Let's be honest, apart from Brady, Aldridge, Cascarino maybe Harte and Babb, Irish players as well as British players don't fair well aboard. All I can think of is Charles, Platt, Lineker and Hoddle. It must be the lifestyle.
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