Out-of-favour striker Andriy Voronin has made himself Public Enemy No 1 on Merseyside after criticising the standard of living in Britain and in particular the city of Liverpool.
The 27-year-old Ukrainian has failed to make an impact on the pitch since arriving on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, but he has made his presence felt when it comes to bemoaning all that is wrong with life in the UK.
Voronin took no prisoners in his rant which criticised the Scouse way of talking, the high crime rate in the city and attacked the country's health care.
But most incredibly, the blond pony-tailed striker has accused Britain of lacking sophistication. Given that his wife Yulia was recently named the worst-dressed WAG after wearing a leopard-print velour tracksuit, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
"Compared with Germany, England is far behind in terms of comfort and culture," Voronin said in an interview with a Russian newspaper.
"Five out of the seven houses near us are occupied by footballers.
"Steve Gerrard was burgled recently so a police patrol car comes into our compound fairly often.
"We hear police sirens all the time. Leverkusen, by contrast, was so much quieter."
On Britain's health care, he said: "The medical services here are poor. When I was in Germany, there were lots of good clinics and doctors.
"It is nothing like that here - when our child had a skin allergy we waited hours for the doctor to see him.
"When we finally got to see a doctor, he said he didn't know how to treat children and to try rubbing in this ointment.
"That was it. I was stunned. As a result my wife had to go back to Odessa with him and took a full set of tests there."
And in a final remark which is sure to have fans on the Kop up in arms, Vorinon added: "I study English twice a week with a teacher and I have made some progress in it.
"But English isn't the main problem. The main thing is to learn to understand the local players like Gerrard and Carragher.
"They speak with some peculiar local accent and sometimes I have absolutely no clue what the guys are saying.
"Many foreign players have the same problem."
Voronin is contracted to Liverpool until the summer of 2011 but having fallen behind fans' favourite Peter Crouch in the pecking order this season could find himself surplus to requirements at Anfield this summer.
The 27-year-old Ukrainian has failed to make an impact on the pitch since arriving on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, but he has made his presence felt when it comes to bemoaning all that is wrong with life in the UK.
Voronin took no prisoners in his rant which criticised the Scouse way of talking, the high crime rate in the city and attacked the country's health care.
But most incredibly, the blond pony-tailed striker has accused Britain of lacking sophistication. Given that his wife Yulia was recently named the worst-dressed WAG after wearing a leopard-print velour tracksuit, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
"Compared with Germany, England is far behind in terms of comfort and culture," Voronin said in an interview with a Russian newspaper.
"Five out of the seven houses near us are occupied by footballers.
"Steve Gerrard was burgled recently so a police patrol car comes into our compound fairly often.
"We hear police sirens all the time. Leverkusen, by contrast, was so much quieter."
On Britain's health care, he said: "The medical services here are poor. When I was in Germany, there were lots of good clinics and doctors.
"It is nothing like that here - when our child had a skin allergy we waited hours for the doctor to see him.
"When we finally got to see a doctor, he said he didn't know how to treat children and to try rubbing in this ointment.
"That was it. I was stunned. As a result my wife had to go back to Odessa with him and took a full set of tests there."
And in a final remark which is sure to have fans on the Kop up in arms, Vorinon added: "I study English twice a week with a teacher and I have made some progress in it.
"But English isn't the main problem. The main thing is to learn to understand the local players like Gerrard and Carragher.
"They speak with some peculiar local accent and sometimes I have absolutely no clue what the guys are saying.
"Many foreign players have the same problem."
Voronin is contracted to Liverpool until the summer of 2011 but having fallen behind fans' favourite Peter Crouch in the pecking order this season could find himself surplus to requirements at Anfield this summer.
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