Sebastian Coates

[Mostar]

Comolli on Coates



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[Pablo]

I'm hoping Coates will be of most use to us come the winter months

[Shaggy]

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/clarke-coates-is-ready-now

Clarke: Coates is ready now

2nd Sep 2011 - Latest News

Steve Clarke is confident Sebastian Coates is ready to answer the call when Kenny Dalglish decides to hand him his Liverpool debut.

The 20-year-old was signed from Nacional on a long-term contract on Tuesday to bolster the Reds' defensive ranks ahead of the close of the transfer window.

Coates arrives on Merseyside fresh from being crowned the Copa America's Young Player of the Tournament last month - and Clarke believes his assured performances in the competition bode well for his adjustment into the Barclays Premier League.

The first-team coach told Liverpoolfc.tv: "He's a talented youngster and gives us different options at the back.

"We look to sign young players that can improve and we looked at his performances throughout the Copa America when he was named Young Player of the Tournament. It's certainly exciting.

"It'll be a different challenge for him because the English Premier League is a league that takes a little bit of getting used to, so hopefully we can nurse him along, get him ready and he'll be a valuable addition to the squad.

"He's ready to play. He's a full international and Uruguay are amongst the top five in the world, so they're a strong international team.

"He's ready to play if required, but we've also got many other centre-halves ready to play if required."

Coates becomes the second Uruguayan to join Liverpool, following in the footsteps of compatriot Luis Suarez.

Suarez made a seamless transition to life in England after moving from Ajax in January, and Clarke is hoping Liverpool's new No.16 can follow suit.

He added: "You never really know how a foreign player coming into the English game is going to adapt. Some take a long time to adjust, while others like Luis Suarez come in and settle straight away.

"You just keep an eye on it and hope the boy settles quickly, gets to know his teammates, gets a few chances to play and then you build on it from there."

Coates will already have some familiarity with Britain as his father hails from north of the border - and Clarke is looking forward to chatting all things Scottish with the defender.

[Nick77]

He wears the no.4 shirt for Uruguay so maybe he'll switch to no.4 for us now that it is available??

[Vermilion]

Comolli on Coates



DC on SC.wmv - YouTube

@ Commoli's description of Coates at the start of this vid, is there anything Coats can't do ?

[Lee]

Its a shame Raul didn't piss off earlier. I'd like to see Coates in the number 4 shirt now.

Thought exactly the same.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this lad play.

[lickedlollipop]

He wears the no.4 shirt for Uruguay so maybe he'll switch to no.4 for us now that it is available??

dunno now, but what about next season?

[Nick77]

dunno now, but what about next season?

It's not too late as he hasn't played yet & I do recall someone changing his squad no. (not from LFC) about 5 years ago half way through a season...

[anfieldanfield]

He'll be fine.

All our Spanish and Portuguese (he shouldn't have any problems communicating that too) speaking players will help him out.

If Suarez could settle quickly no reason to think that he'll be any different.

Spanish & Portugese are totally different languages.

He'll be able to chat to Maxi, Reina, Enrique, Suarez etc though...

[Cormack74]

Spanish & Portugese are totally different languages.

He'll be able to chat to Maxi, Reina, Enrique, Suarez etc though...

They are different for sure however as Wiki says . . .

"Although Portuguese and Spanish are closely related, to the point of having a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility, there are also important differences between them"

I think they'll be able to converse ok.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_Spanish_and_Portuguese

[Craig_H]

Coates also used to be a semi-regular team captain on the Uruguayan version of 'Give Us a Clue' so i'm sure he'll be able to make himself understood, either way.

[anfieldanfield]

They are different for sure however as Wiki says . . .

"Although Portuguese and Spanish are closely related, to the point of having a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility, there are also important differences between them"

I think they'll be able to converse ok.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...and_Portuguese

I speak Spanish and I've heard and read enough Portugese to know they are very different.

If Fabio Aurelio and Lucas were chatting away in Portugese, Coates might get the odd word here or there but he wouldn't understand the conversation.

Italian and Spanish are much more closely linked.

[Neil Young]

Si, es verdad/è vero.

[BigChief]

I speak Spanish and I've heard and read enough Portugese to know they are very different.

If Fabio Aurelio and Lucas were chatting away in Portugese, Coates might get the odd word here or there but he wouldn't understand the conversation.

Italian and Spanish are much more closely linked.

Black market Playstation game booklets don't count, James.

[Cormack74]

I speak Spanish and I've heard and read enough Portugese to know they are very different.

If Fabio Aurelio and Lucas were chatting away in Portugese, Coates might get the odd word here or there but he wouldn't understand the conversation.

Italian and Spanish are much more closely linked.

So far as I'm aware Spaniards can understand Portuguese, but due to the differences in phonetics, it is indeed harder for them to understand Portuguese speakers rather than the other way around.

To refer back to the Wiki quote (the languages) "are closely related, to the point of having a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility".

Therefore I think it's safe to say (in terms of your original answer to Mostar) that Coates would be able to converse with our Portugeses speaking players in his native language although how well, only he will know.