Voronin

[Fulham Broadway 16,945]

"Compared with Germany, England is far behind in terms of comfort and culture," Voronin told the Russian paper.

"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."

Regarding Britain's health care, pony-tailed Voronoin declared: "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."

He also had a swipe at the distinctive Liverpool accent, saying: "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.

Voronin is under contract at Anfield until the summer of 2011, but he may move on earlier than that .

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[Elliott 7]

Such a shame that he thinks Liverpool represents England.

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

Lmao.. dear oh dear

[We Hate Scouse 10,287]

He should come down to Chelsea...shame he isn't good enough