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“I think for him playing forward and to start this way makes it a little bit easier. Critics are there when you are a good player.“He has been struggling with some pain and some injuries this year but he has been playing good to me.“He started pre-season well and he was sharp but the second game at Bournemouth he did his ankle a bit. Be patient, I am not too worried. He is fine.
“It is not about football. Outside of football, the focus is more on them [England players],” he explained.“I understand because they are English and people tend to look more at what is happening. “I feel like foreign players, for instance if you have a night out, we don’t really get checked that often. Whereas I feel if an English player goes out, it is always in the media somewhere.
“I think people are taking this on board also. What he does in his private life he does, nobody should care, but people do.”