At TFL, we're making tube journeys faster in the future, with signalling improvements underway

on the Circle District, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines. And there's also the

Elizabeth Line already giving you fast journeys across central London. That is how we're making

the greener way to travel brighter for everyone. Such TFL improvement plan. To the Mayor of London and TFL, every

journey matters. Elizabeth Lyon is fast compared to other TFL modes, greener than total estimated

petrol and diesel car emissions. Welcome to this edition of Offscript, myself Jack Wilkinson and

Michael Richards here in the tunnel at Old Trafford. This week we're focusing on the lives of English footballers playing abroad. And that's something that we didn't think we'd associate with your career when you came through at Manchester City, winning the FA Cup and going on to win the Premier League. Talk us through how that moved to Fiorentina came about and what it was like leaving the club. You've been out of my writing saying since the age of 14? Yeah? Yeah I was there from 14 and everyone knew about my injuries and I couldn't really get back on the pitch so it sort of came out of the blue really

so many worked at Liverpool then went to Fiorentina put a call into my agent and asked like would you be interested in going and at first I was like, not really, because all I know is English football.

I didn't really want to leave City, but Zabletta was playing really well at the time.

I knew I was going to be second choice, so I went to go meet my agent, sat down with them,

and yeah, we agreed it, but it was on deadline day, so it was all a bit a bit of a rush but no i'm glad i did it it made me um a better person a better player for sure

talk us through what that's like then you're arrive in italy and we've seen before like mass

like crowds at airports did you have any of that and what were the big cultural differences

between english football and italian football no one really know i was coming because it was deadline day so everything was a bit

little hush-hush and Man City didn't really want to let me go.

They wanted me to get back from injuries and try it five for my spot but Zabalette was playing

like I said it's playing too well so I knew in my head that I needed to go do something

and Italian football is very,

very underrated. It's a lot slower, obviously, when we kick off in the season, it was like 40 degrees.

And the tempo of the game is a lot slower. And on the defensive side of it, stays behind the ball and at that time it can

be quite boring to watch but technically and tactically I'd say he's up there with the

Premier League definitely tactically I'd say it's better than the Premier League but they just don't

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