Leandro González Pirez got an up-close look at English soccer this offseason while visiting his good friend Manuel Lanzini at West Ham. But he says even the crowds at the famous Wembley Stadium don’t stack up to the Five Stripes nation.
“It was different,” he said through a translator. “The fans here are amazing, they support the whole game and pay attention the whole game and support us. In England it’s different.”
“Plus it’s colder, I prefer here,” he laughed.
To say Pirez is eager to get back in front of that crowd is an understatement.