It was an expletive uttered by his new team-mate Thierry Henry that initially made Bojan Krkic aware that another kind of life was possible away from the suffocating madness of Barcelona. Henry, used to being in the public eye as a French World Cup winner and Arsenal legend, hadn't been at the Nou Camp long before realising the levels of adulation and pressure in Catalonia were on a totally different scale to anywhere else. 'When Thierry came, after 10 days he was like: "F***"' recalls Bojan, whose move from La Liga to Stoke City in the summer transfer window has been one of the most eye-catching transfers of 2014.
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Bojan Krkic reveals advice from Thierry Henry steered move to England
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Henry told Bojan life was easier in England due to added pressure at Barca
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The 24-year-old sealed £3million move to Stoke in the summer
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Bojan found it difficult to cope with expectations at Barcelona
I thought I didn't feel pressure but when I look back now, I can see it is difficult for a 17-year-old boy to get by and deal with the whole situation,' admits @placeholder.