5 Foreign Players with the Best English Accents

[@thanxbutno]

Amadou Onana is the most baffling of all. Born in Senegal, moved to Belgium. Didn’t come through at an English academy, but rather Belgian and German academies. Moved to an English club in 2022, and his accent sounds like he’s been in London all his life, not Merseyside for 2 years!

[@SirSmackhead999]

@@harrybellingham98yeah a lot of nba players from Eastern Europe end up talking like they are from Atlanta 😂

[@ARyan-nf5my]

At least Spain will prevail with true total football, The chemistry of being actual Spaniards will see to that, though for how long I don’t know

[@skyrozx]

@@ARyan-nf5my brotha we are talking about amadou onana here

[@ARyan-nf5my]

@@skyrozx you say onana I say banana

[@Flippityflap]

onana is just faking the accent to become popular, its easy to do as a belgian

[@NsABullitzZ]

The real evidence that Maupay has become an honorary englishman is how well he can take the piss

[@buyisiwejunerosegumede7311]

😂😂

[@nethanlock5008]

Couldn't agree more mate

[@skyreapery2n164]

And my word can he take the piss😂😂😂

[@ChelseaKTBFFH-qm9gk]

I love him

[@mza4739]

He's a disgrace and I hope he gets relegated.

[@KhanunFC]

As a Spanish speaker hearing Dibu Martinez speaking English just made me gasp. I heard him doing his first interview in Spanish with a thick Argentine accent and then switch to sounding more Brit than the Beatles lol

[@nadaolayan2541]

He has been in UK since he was 16 years old, and he’s a very dedicated person, regardless his weird personality

[@adgeyuk9803]

The Beatles were scousers 😂

[@aabidamn]

Martinez and Bellerin were from the Arsenal academy. They've been living in the UK for a very long time. It'd be weird if they don't sound like a native speaker.

[@roboi2241]

Isak's accent is the oddest, he's speaking street London despite living in Newcastle, he should have a geordie accent if anything.

[@Jazzfunkmaster]

Some Eritreans sound like they’re born and raised in Newham lol

[@davidparsons7565]

Have you heard Neneh Cherry talk, she's Swedish and sounds like a Londoner

[@RankinMsP]

​@@davidparsons7565 she and her brother spent a lot of time on London

[@papamurrth1]

Being educated in Sweden and only living in Newcastle a year, he likely learned English way before his move and was influenced by music and movies he watched. Way more London accented music and movies than Newcastle ones.

[@adamviettraunle1305]

He is scandinavian tho. As a scandinavian myself, I know that 90% speaks fluent English, and so there will be a larger amount that is able to put on an English accent compared to other parts of the world. Especially cause Scandinavians have a similar or very neutral accent in the first place.

[@owentedjajana-]

maupay casually getting interviewed about football at an f1 event 💀💀

[@kurtsudheim825]

Mate, everyone gets interviews at f1

[@owentedjajana-]

@@kurtsudheim825 yeah but its so offtopic lol

[@ERFARINGyoutube]

Man just called Amadou Onana André Onana. The goalkeeper Onana 😂😂

[@nerradnewo6328]

Well spotted there mate. Nothing gets past you 👍

[@samsulalam6263]

​@@nerradnewo6328😂

[@mountog578]

Bahahaha

[@gathianigathiani1760]

😂😂😂😂​@@nerradnewo6328

[@jermaineloreaux5220]

Onana what’s my name. This guy been tripping on Rihanna hard ey.

[@baggerseepirat1987]

Peter Løvenkrands is Danish and didn't move to the UK until in his 20s but has since adopted a Glaswegian accent after playing for Rangers

[@JK-ff1ft]

With a geordie twang

[@iyaboa8182]

Similar to Jan Molby. Speaks English with a thick scouse accent

[@michaelthompson7022]

The Danes are known for adopting the accent of the country they are in

[@romeop2345]

Brian Laudrup too

[@sandersson2813]

Why would anyone want a Glaswegian accent? It is horrific.

[@Zh_24]

Maupay is such a troller 😂😂

[@faze_ibr]

He actually posted lol

[@mza4739]

He's a disgrace. And I hope he gets relegated.

[@BourneIdentity45]

I mean both Hector and Emi grew up at Arsenal they both came and graduated from the academy, so you'd hope that they could speak good English since they lived there longer than the others

[@kiranpandiyan159]

the funniest is there is a video of Hector talking in roadman slang and his houseowner warned him to not talk like that lol.

[@faresguerzou7610]

Belirin is from la masia

[@reefatbakht]

Best is Szczesny. I wish they included him. Guy was one of the lads for sure.

[@BourneIdentity45]

@kiranpandiyan159 I can imagine, I remember he went on one of copa 90's shows back when it was actually popular online and literally surprised a lot of people with the way he spoke I think this was also due to the fact he hadn't been known to do interviews too often

[@BourneIdentity45]

@faresguerzou7610 originally yes but left La Masia to join Arsenal just like Cesc did and grew up in London before making his debut for arsenal

[@flipballaz93]

Roadman accent has gone global

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

Horrible 😩

[@MOAI184]

do you want everyone to sound like Shakespeare instead 💀

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

@@MOAI184 Shakespeare is not the father of the English language. Chaucer is. And yes. It would be nice not to see and hear 'we was', 'we wasn't, 'would of', 'could of', 'should of', inability to spell simple words like lose (plebs keep spelling it as loose on social media somehow), and hearing a simple word like ask mispronounced 😂ear pollution.

[@omwami360]

​​@recruitmentch language should be simple, so it naturally refines itself over the years. Meaning the roadman accent is a better option, naturally.

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

@@omwami360 the last thing the 'roadman accent' is is refined! The only way you could think that is if you tried to learn English post being kicked in the head by a horse!

[@TriggerMan0]

Maupay is an absolute nightmare 😂😂

[@abstraqtphilosophy7357]

Facts!!!

[@thesahel7218]

Isak needs to have his Swedish passport investigated that guys British.

[@njimondi8185]

😂

[@luffy_army]

😂😂

[@Wedelinskyj]

It's funny, cause as a swede I can hear he's definitely Swedish imitating a British accent, it doesn't sound real to me

[@BBGL02]

@@Wedelinskyji dont think our Eritrean brother is imitating that accent, i think he is just trying his best or got used to that accent because he lives here

[@Wedelinskyj]

@@BBGL02 I didn't mean imitate in that way, I meant that as a swede I can hear his Swedish nuances behind the British accent

[@programmer1840]

Awesome video. As an Englishman trying to learn Spanish, this is inspirational!

[@Rolian10]

Emi and Hector had been in England since their early age so it’s expected. But Neal, Isak, and Amadou are really impressive

[@FTBL_EDITZ-qk5dg]

Isak sounds like hes from ends 🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@nocapbarnz]

He really does 💀

[@mettacitta2000]

😂😂

[@omarjets1217]

LEGIT FAM 😂

[@21kxlz]

Sounding like he frm Harlesden

[@theboxingboy7422]

Jan Mølby gotta be up there. Born and raised in Denmark moved to liverpool when he was 21 was there for 12 years and still speaks with a Scouse accent to this day.

[@kween5600]

Onana and Isak are different, especially Onana, mf is silky smooth like goddamn keep talking bruh🫢

[@jamesosullivan7049]

🧐

[@kween5600]

@@jamesosullivan7049 what? Gonna call me gay? Rest, mf, BC IM A GIRL.

[@jidebalogun5302]

Martinez is definitely a surprise.

[@PHlophe]

i could tell he made sure no foreign accent creeps in. it sounded a bit forced at time. bet if you have a chat with him for 10 mn straight his accent will start creeping through.

[@NotGilmore]

He was at Arsenal since he was like 16, same with Bellerin.

[@loeilmalin3312]

I still don't believe it is Martinez speaking. There must be an edit there. That almost American accent 😮

[@jens2049]

lol WHAT AMERICAN? ​@@loeilmalin3312

[@SantomPh]

he had been loaned out over to many clubs in England for over a decade before finally becoming Arsenal's keeper.

[@CB-dl1vg]

It must be like a super ability thing to be able to fully mimic the accent of a different language. Not everybody can do it but the ones that can could literally fit in anywhere 😮

[@tom7p]

I think also you learn in an accent. Apparently I learned french with very much a Paris accent 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@everyonesfavoritesejong]

Maybe i have a superpower haha, i hear how people speak and i can pick up on everything. Just from listening and talking to Brazilian people, in English not even in Portuguese, when I try to speak Portuguese, I sound like somebody from São Paulo. My father and his family are Argentinian and just from listening to them speak while I was just a little kid even a baby, when I started taking Spanish classes at 14 or so, I spoke with a thick Argentinian accent like I had been speaking it my entire life.

[@applebebe2002]

Scandinavians are solid with English. That's why Isaak, Schmeichel (Father + Son), Olé, etc., sound so Fluent

[@LZ08]

Kasper Schmeichel pretty much grew up in England.

[@cammurray255]

Kasper may as well be English at this point, essentially spent his whole life in england so it's no wonder he speaks with a perfect English accent

[@fredrikaxelsson3146]

Many kids in Sweden today speaks better English than Swedish.

[@willywonka7812]

And better English than the English ​@@fredrikaxelsson3146

[@JasonBreguet]

First sentence was bang on. Scandinavians adopt almost pitch perfect accents when they move to England and speak an ethnic and culturally related language. But then you went and repeated the replacement regime’s propaganda by calling Isak Scandinavian. It’s so comical all you can do is laugh at the mushrooms.

[@Gunner992]

You should do a part two with David raya he is Spanish and his accent is very good

[@Zac7kary]

And Robert Sanchez

[@tired-dev]

Raya moved here as a teenager, the accent is not surprising

[@ultraslanmc]

@@tired-devNeither is Emiliano’s then

[@Goombasareawesome]

He went to school in my hometown so he’s been here a while.

[@danslenoir9815]

​@@Zac7karySanchez’s father actually is english

[@Mag_Nus32]

Maupay not even saying Deschamps in a full French accent. Fair play, shows a lot of confidence and conviction in his language skills. When I go France I always pussy out on the accent when I'm speaking my shit French 😂

[@craigdavis5818]

Hang on Maupay said Deschamps like a Frenchman lol

[@MtATSEL91]

Isak sounds like Central Cee

[@Qwdgxhxh]

He actually does…😂😂😂

[@shrujan75]

he doesn’t….

[@oliviajoan3991]

No he doesnt

[@wandisikhakhane6028]

Nah blud, he sounds like Sully and them

[@RaymondButler-h4x]

This is incredible. Something you never lose is your accent.

[@shakey215]

a reverse video would be good! Owen Hargreaves and Dier come to mind with odd accents for English players due to their time abroad.

[@olglez9230]

I think Owen Hargreaves was born in Canada and spent some time living there as a child so they may have had an impact too

[@Tagikakibau]

Steve McLaren as well.

[@johndoe2769]

Erik dier was raised in Portugal coming through sporting youths to be fair.

[@anotheruser8423]

Joey Barton’s interview when he went to play in France is a good one.

[@shakey215]

Think a couple of you missed the point lol, more players who's circumstances gave them an accent, not Steve McLaren and Joey Barton doing an accent for a weird laugh

[@infiniteoptimalhd1998]

Onana was a shock wtf

[@BTB_Editz]

who’s gonna tell maupay about today? 😂

[@PHlophe]

he is doing the most with that council estate post code accent. i bet he switches to french accent off the pitch.

[@klausmoritz6311]

Top boys is helping these guys learn English

[@CallumDickson666]

A lowkey one for me is McTominay. I just always assumed he had a stereotypical Scottish accent. I only found out a few months ago he has spent his whole life in England and plays for Scotland via his Scottish dad 🤣

[@SantomPh]

Ryan Giggs, Welsh international legend, is more Mancunian than Oasis.

[@timsyrett]

Haaland was born in Leeds

[@kurtsudheim825]

But grew up in Norway numptey

[@kurtsudheim825]

Didn't know you could speak as you came out your mom

[@nellzbs2ja]

No he didn't 😂😂😂😂😂​@kurtsudheim825

[@nellzbs2ja]

​@kurtsudheim825 so the only numptey

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

@@nellzbs2ja moved to Norway aged 3

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Daniel Agger's Scouse English was solid too

[@cjsiege6331]

Have to remember Haaland was born in England, Bellerin, Martinez and Onana have lived in England for years and probably speak it more often then their native language cause of the people they are around on a consistent basis. How many Belgians are there at Everton? The only ones that that are crazy is Martinez and Bellerin as Arsenal have had many Spanish speaking players. Edit: thought Onana had been here for years but nope only 2 yeah I’m sorry the fact he sounds like he was born and raised in south London is mental 😂😂

[@Hackaway]

Onana's Dutch and German is great as well, the man really has a talent for languages.

[@JadenApril]

I’m pretty sure that Haaland clip was fake, or he was doing that accent on purpose, I’ve never heard him sound like that

[@NoahMundo-s5f]

You should look up Boudewijn Zenden. Perfect

[@ikhileayo5044]

Martinez have been with Arsenal since age 14

[@bertiew6771]

16

[@JosephTrott-l1t]

Hector Bellerin joined Arsenal when he was 16!

[@tomzeta267]

His accent is bang on. Really impressive.

[@Hartfilmsandstuff]

Martinez and Bellerin have their original accent slip through every once in a while

[@SantomPh]

Bellerin lost the typical Spanish English accent because he went to school and academy with London boys. When he speaks English he literally only has a London accent. Fabregas held on to his Spanish accent because he didn't quite have so much influence from his peers, and started young in a first team full of non native English speakers

[@Iberotimuka]

Martinez moved to the UK in his teens and you can tell he's assimilated London to a tee, glottel stops and innit and all. What's more he moved through the obscure part of the pyramid for years, Rotherham, Reading, Oxford, Wolves, Sheff Wed, you name it, he's been there, and I'm sure that made him feel part of it to an even greater extent. I saw a video he released of himself with his kids during the World Cup draw and he was talking to them in English.

[@Othmantarifi]

This is that KZbin video that everybody wanted but no one thought really existed😂😂

[@LomuHabana]

Younger Swedish people are usually insanely good at English, including pronunciation. My Swedish relatives have British sounding accents as well.

[@tylerdordon99]

2:38 Dr Disrespect?

[@willywonka7812]

Hide yo kids!!

[@mpsymonds1]

Unreal !

[@Amemji]

Amadou Onana arguably has the most English accent out of these guys just because of this 1 line. “Ja na I meaan” 😂🤣

[@Twotyretommy]

My Slovenian mate says that he used the tv and movies to learn English, as well as at school obviously. I reckon isak has been watch a lot of Top Boy

[@summerrr1]

The foreign player with the best English accent is Eidur Gudjohnsen and it’s not even close.

[@Oli3TB76]

definitely. followed by Stam

[@wrestler-kickboxer2524]

Gylfi Sigurdsson as well. Must be an Icelandic thing

[@jens2049]

​@@wrestler-kickboxer2524 its insane. Here in the Netherlands they moved to the eredivisie and in 3 months they spoke dutch without an accent

[@nuramoboy]

I used to think he was British :)

[@craigdavis5818]

​@@wrestler-kickboxer2524it's a Scandinavian thing.. people from Finland sound British too.

[@free-can5609]

put andi weimann on that list, he's mostly a championship player. astonishing english

[@stevecooksley]

They've all been to the famous Thamesmead International Finishing School. Brilliant.

[@qasimdin7438]

Hector Bellerin looking more and more like Mikey Pierce as he gets older especially at the end there with stupid tash of his 😂

[@200swilson]

😂😂😂 so true

[@cjay6547]

Bellerin is a black belt in aikido 😂

[@Pebble_Collector]

Ha. Haha yeah true. He does look like-wait a minute. I have a stupid tash too. Bollocks.

[@BrunoG39-z3e]

Micky Pearce🤣 That's been bugging me for ages

[@BigJoshKay]

Emiliano really surprised me🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@my_MillenniumFalcon]

Dibu must be made an HONORARY ENGLISHMAN - he speaks just like one!

[@Michaelikirko-cd7bh]

You guys are forgetting Romelo Lukaku He speaks everything

[@TheTyke]

Haaland was born in Leeds, so he's from the UK. He's always had a close relationship with Leeds and therefore the UK as a whole, hence his accent.

[@SantomPh]

he left for Norway at 3 and if you watch his interviews he sounds like a typical Norwegian. Why do you think being born somewhere and leaving before even going to school will give you an accent?

[@eliasantipichun1951]

As a Spanish speaker, I like how Dibu and Bellerin speak english, good english both of them.

[@arthurfleck8862]

Pleasantly surprised with Hector Bellerin.

[@aabidamn]

It's not surprising to hear Martinez and Bellerin sound like a native speaker. They were both homegrown players. They've been living in the UK for a very long time. It'd be weird if they don't sound native.

[@alexgiallo4631]

How do these guys develop that accent it's soo cool

[@JerusalemArtichok3]

Wojciech Szczęsny, Emilian Martinez, Bellerin have all lived in the UK since they were 16 years old. Not taking anything away from them

[@concernedcitizens4110]

The funny part all of them speaks better English than almost the entire England squad. I mean I can hardly understand Kane.

[@fininedanieldebekeme4354]

Kane can't make a complete sentence without saying "huh" so disgusting for an English man

[@alexandreslim]

Martinez must be the first ever argentinian player wich speaks decent English.

[@tom7p]

Ossie Ardiles did, in his own way.

[@linhza501]

He is in the Prem since forever. it would be more shocking if he still can't speak decent English

[@SantomPh]

Hernan Crespo speaks great English despite only a short stay in Chelsea

[@boxsterman77]

Impressive.

[@worldwidedialects]

Without seeing the video: Amadou Onana, EMI Martinez

[@andrey13]

tbf Bellerin and Martinez have been in England since academy days. The Onana one is the most surprising

[@tariqbahoussain1442]

That’s because these guys were there since academy it’s easier to blend into British culture when ur very young.

[@Sal-l2y]

It's education and ones desire to learn the native tongue which just happens to be the number one international language.

[@KalelaChannel]

Martinez grew up at London Colney.

[@techiegz]

Haaland was actually born in England and spent his early years there while his dad played for City, etc.

[@SantomPh]

3 years. Watch his interviews, he still gets branded a Norwegian robot

[@alexvieru398]

Accent is quite respectful from these lads right here but for me who learned English all my life, albeit with a more American Influence i have not gathered a full accent in here haha. I just sometimes sound slightly Mancunian and know the slang but thats a bit it

[@diulikadikaday]

🎶Onana, what’s my name, what’s my name, what’s my name

[@GGGEDE]

you should do part 2 with hojlund and raya. they sound like they was raised here

[@Colt-bd2mv]

Ruben Dias has to be there. The guy sounds like he was born in Oxford.

[@hartshaped]

Scandinavians have excellent English accents, there were a few on my University course years back and you’d have sworn they were born and raised in England

[@KD-us9jm]

Serge Gnabry also speaks with British accent.

[@wudipest]

next... do 5 english players (+ manager) with the best foreign english accent I'll give you 2 Joey Barton Schteve McLaren

[@carlosnunes3701]

There is only 2 English Manager at Premier League . And will be only 1 very soon . Anyone knows why

[@pljpmas1623]

Swedish have insanely good english accents. Have been convinced many a times by this!

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Never expected Haaland to sound like that. Always thought he'd sound like some hardcore viking. Though he spent a portion of his life in Manchester.

[@daviveras3257]

For those who say "oh, Martinez played in England his whole life, obviously he has a perfect accent". Well, my father-in-law is Spanish and he lives in Brazil for 66 years (of his 79) and he still got a clear spanish accent when speaking! It's not that easy to not have a accent, even living many years in a country

[@ShyShuShu]

I think that really depends on the person I'm Brazilian and I met a Chilean dude that had LITERALLY 0 Spanish accent while speaking Portuguese,like literally 0 accent If he hadn't told me he was Chilean,I would have never know (and I only believed him when he started speaking Spanish in front of me haha)

[@aneraxxmusic2343]

It really depends from person to person, I know some Polish people here in the US that have lived there 30+ years and they still barely speak English

[@StephenOkoeguale-m3d]

Onana accents was nice , the way he said mate

[@wafflaaar1067]

David Raya sounds like he's a proper lancashire lad

[@thabangaugustinehlalele]

Van Dyk he is Dutch his English is pretty good. Oh all Dutch players speak English very well. It is because English is taught as a first language in Dutch schools.

[@KindredBrujah]

Second language. Fairly sure Dutch is the first language. Possibly Flemish in the south.

[@TG-lt9wr]

Haaland was actually born in Leeds so technically he’s English

[@SantomPh]

"being born in a stable does not make one a horse"- Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, born in Ireland, but English through and through

[@maxime481]

Neal Maupay is THE BEST FOR OLYMPIQUE OF MARSEILLE 😁⚽🎯 0:53

[@TBoneSteak1197]

reuben dias deserves a shout

[@SFNDMK]

I'm gonna go a bit back, but if you're a Liverpool fan from the 80s, you'd know about Jan Molby and his impeccable scouse accent despite the fact he's from Denmark!

[@SurakatAshraf]

Emi Martinez has spent quite a lot of time in England so that's just normal I think

[@nayftv]

Martinez isn’t a shock he’s been in the uk for about 15 years bouncing around on loan from arsenal before ending up at villa

[@thebossman4875]

Scandinavians easily sound more English/Scottish/Irish due to their shared history and migration patterns with those countries. Large parts of the uk have been developed from Viking/Scandinavian settlements. So when they switch to speaking English it sounds more local and effortless than people from southern Europe, Germanic or slavic countries

[@GA-ik6pi]

OH MY DAYS BELLERIN AND THAT LAST HAIRSTYLE 😂😂😂 MAN!! What were you thinking?😂😂😂

[@ZachHorton-o8r]

Martinez has been in England for 15 years nearly he was at arsenal when he were 16

[@gmdhargreaves]

This is mental

[@SJVLD17]

Forgot Vincent Kompany

[@sumanlamsal4610]

Fabio carvalho??

[@LomuHabana]

Haaland has a born passport and was born in England and lived there during his childhood. And he usually doesn’t talk like that.

[@Guney1886]

Tbf players like Haaland, Schmeichel, Bellerin and Martinez spent big chunks of their lives in England so it isn't that surprising but Maupay and Onana are odd considering they aren't English Academy prospects

[@Shahwezz]

Silver medal is coming home it’s coming home once again it’s coming home

[@chrisstorey4781]

Alex Isak saying he sees Murphy on the road

[@alFaCentauri16]

The thing is, when you learn a language and get exposed to a specific accent, you're just going to pick that accent naturally in many cases. English is my third language and I've been more exposed to American media. When I speak English a lot of people ask me if I'm from the US. It's weird interesting.

[@Ibrahim-y6c3k]

It's all up to you to learn

[@betterthanMJF]

This video was wrong before it even started. Haaland was born in Leeds, while his dad was playing for Leeds United.

[@daviebananas1735]

Given that Haaland IS NOT one of the examples, how is it wrong?

[@footgoal1800]

Maupay the Legend, Hero of Argentina

[@leinads1057]

Not having Pablo Zabaleta on this list is a crime.