How to pronounce Chelsea and Tottenham stars' names correctly: Ath-pili-coo-et-ah, Con-tay and more

Standard Sport14 February 2018

The Champions League returns to our screens once more this week, as the knockout stages begin with a round of tantalising fixtures.

Tottenham travel to Turin to face Juventus on Tuesday night, while a week later Chelsea host Lionel Messi and Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.

Tuesday also throws up the highlight of the round of 16, as a struggling Real Madrid face Paris Saint-Germain in the Spanish capital. However, while the football can spark inspiration, those calling the game can brew frustration.

Uefa, though, have stepped in to address the problem. The European governing body feel that we English ‘tend to mangle foreign names’ and thus have provided a breakdown for those tongue-twisters across the continent, such as Eric Dier or…Gary Cahill.

Barcelona

Paco Alcácer – Al-kA-ther

José Arnaiz – Are-nice

Lucas Digne – Loo-cah Dee-nyuh

Lionel Messi – Lee-oh-nell

Ivan Rakitić – Ra-key-titch

Thomas Vermaelen – Ver-mah-len

Basel

Albian Ajeti – A-yeti

Léo Lacroix – Lack-wah

Dimitri Oberlin – Oh-bear-lan

Geoffroy Serey Dié – Serray Dee-ay

Marek Suchý – Sook-hee

Tomáš Vaclík – Tom-arsh Vats-leak

Taulant Xhaka – Tow (to rhyme with cow)-lant Jacka

Bayern Munich

Joshua Kimmich – Kim-ikh

Robert Lewandowski – Le-van-dov-ski

Kwasi Okyere Wriedt – V-reet

James Rodríguez – Ha-mess Rod-rEE-geth

Manuel Neuer – Man-well Noy-er

Sven Ulreich – Ool-rike

Besiktas

Caner Erkin – Janner

Gökhan Gönül – Gern-ool

Cyle Larin – Kile La-rin

Oğuzhan Özyakup – Oh-zyan Erz-ya-koop

Duško Tošić – Doosh-ko Tosh-itch

Necip Uysal – Neh-jip Oo-sal

Domagoj Vida – Dom-a-goy Vee-dah

Chelsea

César Azpilicueta – Ath-pili-coo-et-ah

Gary Cahill – Kay-hill

Thibaut Courtois – Tib-oh Cort-wah

Olivier Giroud – Jee-roo

Eden Hazard – Ay-den

N'Golo Kanté – Con-tay

Juventus

Federico Bernardeschi – Bernard-ess-kee

Gianluigi Buffon – Boo-fon

Giorgio Chiellini – Kee-ell-ee-nee

Paulo Dybala – Dee-bar-lah

Gonzalo Higuaín – Ee-gway-een

Mario Mandžukić – Man-joo-kitch

Claudio Marchisio – Mar-kee-sio

Miralem Pjanić – Pee-ah-nitch

Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Schen-snee

Liverpool

Emre Can – Jan

Simon Mignolet – See-mon Min-yo-lay

Georginio Wijnaldum – Why-nal-dum

Manchester City

Kevin De Bruyne – De Bruh-nah

İlkay Gündoğan – Ilk-eye Gun-doe-wan

Gabriel Jesús – Jay-zooss

Aymeric Laporte – Em-rick

Manchester United

Davide De Gea – De Hayer

Victor Lindelöf – Linda-love

Anthony Martial – Mar-see-al

Paris Saint-Germain

Yuri Berchiche – Bare-chee-chay

Layvin Kurzawa – Kur-zha-va

Giovani Lo Celso – Gee-oh-var-ni Low Sell-so

Marquinhos – Mar-keen-yoss

Thomas Meunier – Mur-nee-ay

Adrien Rabiot – Ad-ree-an Rab-yo

Porto

Iker Casillas – Ee-care Ca-see-yass

Gonçalo Paciência – Gon-sah-lo Passy-en-sia

Jorge Teixeira – Tay-shay-ra

Real Madrid

Dani Carvajal – Car-va-hal

Dani Ceballos – Theb-eye-oss

Mateo Kovačić – Ko-va-chitch

Toni Kroos – Crows

Luka Modrić – Mod-rich

Roma

Andrea Ciofi – Choffee

Edin Džeko – Jecko

Radja Nainggolan – Nine-go-lon

Cengiz Ünder – Jen-giss Oon-dah

Sevilla

Daniel Carriço – Car-hiss-oh

Simon Kjær – Care

Clément Lenglet – Clay-mon Long-lay

Nicolás Pareja – Pa-reck-ha

Shakhtar

Dodô – Du-du

Yaroslav Rakitskiy – Rack-its-key

Tottenham

Toby Alderweireld – Al-der-vay-reld

Serge Aurier – Or-ee-ay

Eric Dier – Die-er

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