Some people have to take the exact opposite view to me so don’t worry 
Do not.
Wouldn’t read too much into TAA speaking Spanish.
Even Milly learnt Spanish.
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An Englishman learning other languages, that is praiseworthy by default.
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Quick Google search would indicate he’s been plotting this for some time
- B2 (Upper-Intermediate/Conversational Fluency): 540-620 hours, typically achievable in 12-24 months with consistent effort.
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TBF Ribena is the same in both languages.
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I wonder what if the club gave him the same wage that Wirtz is about to receive a.k.a 350k/week 14 months ago when they first gave him the new contract. I mean, Wirtz is about to earn an amount that Arnold could have never dreamed of if he stayed.
Imo it’s really not about him learning Spanish, but about him lying. He even said at the press conference in Madrid that he’d only been learning Spanish for a few weeks. He could have simply said that he started during the COVID-19 pandemic to have something to do or something, that would have been less noticeable.Then there are the rumors that he learned it in school, etc. All nonsense.
Presumably, people also deal with it differently when they find out they’ve been lied to, and over a long period of time. It’s something everyone has to work out for themselves.
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I thought his last contract was 4 years ago, not 2 years ago.
Looked like reading from a teleprompter to me, could be wrong. It was a short prepared speech, could have easily memorised that too. That’s not really ‘speaking’ fluently. Doesn’t mean he hasn’t planned this whole thing for years, just saying.
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Really? I mean, it was watched all over the world, and everyone’s reaction was the same. He’d been preparing for it for a long time. I didn’t see a teleprompter, but he had one back then—in the video of his farewell speech to our fans he had to read the text., tbf.
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Yes, really.
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Glad I amuse you and that you know what ‘everyone’s reaction’ in the world was.
And I did say it wouldn’t mean that he hasn’t been planning this for years.
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I can only laugh at the constant attempts to downplay and gloss over the whole thing, but each to their own. As I said, everyone deals with it differently.
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I just wish him luck as he’s probably going to need it.
That picture is fucking sickening, knowing 2 of those cups were cheated/spawned against the hometown club you supported and played for.
I hope his career fucking bombs and he regrets it for the rest of his life.
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Time to merge this into the “Former players” thread?
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Well, actually, it’s a good thing to have a dedicated thread. Then everyone can decide for themselves whether they want to read something here, and it doesn’t keep popping up when you really don’t want to see it anymore at some point.
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