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UK footballer speaks with French accent

UK footballer Joey Barton has caused quite a stir after speaking in a French accent at a press conference.

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Increasingly these days professional sportsmen and women ply their trade in foreign countries.

It seems that some are making greater efforts than others to fit in.

UK footballer Joey Barton spoke in a French accent in his first press conference after joining Marseille - in an apparent effort to assimilate.


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Source: SBS, BBC



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