Gallagheresque wrote:
20-year-old Manchester City striker John Guidetti has made some explosive accusations about the treatment he received since he joined the scene at Eastlands back in 2009.
In an interview set to be aired this weekend in both Sweden and Norway, Guidetti has told talkshow Skavlan (as reported by Aftonbladet):
People spat at me. Teammates took my shoes, cut them in half and threw them in the trash. They spoke badly and openly about my family when they were here for the first time. But they were not so smart that they knew Scandinavians speak English. I’ve approached both Kolo Toure and Patrick Vieira, who are both over two meters tall, and said, “Yo – don’t talk like that about me.”
In Sweden all love each other. It is high-fives and everyone cheers when someone scores. In England, it’s tough because you know that not everyone is going to make it. If you do not have the ball you can not show how good you are.
While many may put some of Guidetti’s comments down to numbskull hazing which is part of the culture of English footballer, the young Swede clearly has other, more negative opinions on his Man City colleagues behaviour. His statement about confronting some of City’s senior squad pros was also noteworthy.
Guidetti has reason to be frustrated with his currently standing at Eastlands also.
He spent last season on loan with Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord, where he was the club’s player of the year after he scored 20 goals in 23 appearances. Such was his impact at Feyenoord, the Swede ended his stay in Holland with a teary, emotional interview on Dutch TV.
Yet with all that said, rumours have it that Guidetti will be signing a new 4-year contract in the near future. And the Swede doesn’t seem unhappy with his current lifestyle, today Tweeting
I'd have punched him for saying 'yo'...
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