Yeah but those players never had an illness like Navas. I've never suffered from homesickness but it's not good at all from what I've heard, my dad said it feels like a terrible pain on the inside, all because you are too far from home. If he wasn't sick he'd have been playing for Spain for a while now IMO.
I thought he'd have been Moorish, seen as sooo many people have his kind of look in that part of Spain, apart from the eyes lol. Brilliant player though. He's supposed to be working hard on his anxiety thing to give himself a chance with Spain. Hopefully he can overcome it. Bit of a Trescothick situation.
He's not moorish, he's a gypsy (roma).
Yup, there are a lot of Andalucians with Moorish ancestry but even more with Romani. Like my friend's professor once said, "Andalucia is full of gypsies!"
I dunno why but the way you put it, especially the quote, it made me laugh. There aren't as many as much as in Hungary though, at least I'd think not proportionally. The thing is in Hungary there has been a massive violent reaction against gypsies, because the vast majority live off state welfare and continue to have children, so up to 8-10 kids per family quite often. So there's been a horrible backlash. However, the gypsies have done the same, often scaring tourists away and walking around in gangs of up to 200(!!!) on the streets kicking over rubbish bins, blaring music, throwing bottles in the evenings.I dunno why but the way you put it, especially the quote, it made me laugh. There aren't as many as much as in Hungary though, at least I'd think not proportionally. The thing is in Hungary there has been a massive violent reaction against gypsies, because the vast majority live off state welfare and continue to have children, so up to 8-10 kids per family quite often. So there's been a horrible backlash. However, the gypsies have done the same, often scaring tourists away and walking around in gangs of up to 200(!!!) on the streets kicking over rubbish bins, blaring music, throwing bottles in the evenings.
Also, once a roma was found on a night-time bus stabbed and murdered by a ninja sword, so the media and the Socialist Party started blaming skinheads and white extremists, and they said the rightist parties were responsible. Later the police investigation found that in fact it was another roma who had stabbed him, for refusing to pay back a loan or something.
How did this thread get SO far off topic? Jesus Navas to Gypsies....