
5 reasons to learn English as a professional footballer
Did you know about 2 billion people around the world speak English? That’s almost 25% of the world’s population, making it the world’s most spoken language (in terms of number of speakers). But just how many footballers speak English? For many footballers, foreign languages are something of a taboo subject. The mere mention of Gareth Bale, Joey Barton, David Beckham or Joe Hart is enough to put us off learning another language for good. However, as funny as these cases were (