“But I do think some people forget that I am essentially a foreign player – certainly they did last season. I’m English but, for me, it was like any other foreign player coming to the Premier League for the first time. “It was hard for me and I had a massive dip at around this time last year. Because the transfer was going on until August I didn’t have as good a pre-season. I was becoming tired at around now whereas this year I feel fine.”
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