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if City were interested, you’d hope that it would be football reasons that would influence Neymar's decision rather than whether the sun was beating down each day and the restaurants and nightclubs were up to scratch

That, Robi, is what makes a hero and wins the respect of the City fans. It’s also how players from abroad make a real success of their time in England

Perhaps our erstwhile striker should take a leaf out of Pablo Zabaleta’s book. He left behind the same sort of lifestyle and weather that Robinho did

BlueinBosnia wrote:Although I agree with the sentiments, I find it somewhat lazy journalism. Particularly this point:

Perhaps our erstwhile striker should take a leaf out of Pablo Zabaleta’s book. He left behind the same sort of lifestyle and weather that Robinho did

Perhaps someone a bit more knowledgeable on the subject (Carl? And yes, I do appreciate the irony) can back me up here, but doesn't Buenos Aires have a more similar climate to Britain than to Rio?

Wooders wrote:

BlueinBosnia wrote:Although I agree with the sentiments, I find it somewhat lazy journalism. Particularly this point:

Perhaps our erstwhile striker should take a leaf out of Pablo Zabaleta’s book. He left behind the same sort of lifestyle and weather that Robinho did

Perhaps someone a bit more knowledgeable on the subject (Carl? And yes, I do appreciate the irony) can back me up here, but doesn't Buenos Aires have a more similar climate to Britain than to Rio?

I think they are referring to spain

Alioune DVToure wrote:
I think they are referring to spain

Which is also bollocks. Having lived in Madrid and Valladolid and spent a fair bit of time in Barcelona, I can say that they're totally different climates. The winters in Castile are cold and dry and the summers blazing hot. As they say in Burgos in the north of Castile, 'nueve meses de invierno, tres meses de infierno' (nine months of winter, three months of hell). It's like that in Madrid, but sort of 6 and 6. Barcelona is at least mild all year round but the summers are much cooler than on the meseta in the middle of the country.

Anyone who's played in the Spanish top flight will have played at grounds such as Real Valladolid's 'Flu Stadium' (Real name 'Estadio Zorrilla') so the 'England's too cold' argument has always been shite. It's much milder here in winter than in a large part of Spain. Fact.

Wooders wrote:I think its fair to say that spain, regardless of the area, is a fair bit hotter/sunnier than manchester

BlueinBosnia wrote:Although I agree with the sentiments, I find it somewhat lazy journalism. Particularly this point:

Perhaps our erstwhile striker should take a leaf out of Pablo Zabaleta’s book. He left behind the same sort of lifestyle and weather that Robinho did

Perhaps someone a bit more knowledgeable on the subject (Carl? And yes, I do appreciate the irony) can back me up here, but doesn't Buenos Aires have a more similar climate to Britain than to Rio?

Arjan Van Schotte wrote:plus, you cunts, - buenos aires is miles colder than manchester. In july the average temperature in BA is 11C whereas in manchester it's 17C. so there.

lets all have a disco wrote:

Arjan Van Schotte wrote:plus, you cunts, - buenos aires is miles colder than manchester. In july the average temperature in BA is 11C whereas in manchester it's 17C. so there.

What about December and January pal?

ant london wrote:Manchester is a fucking great place....too wet, too cold, too dark my arse