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I don't think Kono is the player we should be looking at. We have quite a few creative players that can play in the three behind our CF now. What we need is a pacey wing forward who will run beyond our CF, and stretch opposition defences.
Without that I think we will become predictable.
In a way I agree. Not being racist but name one Ukrainian/ Russian player who has been a major success in EPL. Pavluychenko, Arshavin, Schevchenko, Voronin, Rebrov etc. They all seem to have difficulties to adapt to life in west.
Language barrier, cultural differences and also because it's not common for players from these countries to move abroad at young age so they are used to have their own culture and language around them (This is what Capello was also criticizing after the WC).
Just check wiki for Russia/ Ukraine national football teams and their U-21 almost no players play abroad except a few ukrainians in Russia. Of course things are changing even in these countries but in very slow pace.