James Milner is learning Spanish so that he can communicate with Manchester City team-mates such as David Silva and Sergio Aguero - and manager Manuel Pellegrini. The England midfielder has been having the lessons for the last couple of years, revealed his former City colleague Micah Richards. It is a very different approach to the one taken in the red half of Manchester, where Louis van Gaal is ordering his Spanish-speaking stars such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao to learn English. James Milner has been learning Spanish so he can communicate with his team-mates and manager Manchester City's Spanish speakers
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Micah Richards revealed James Milner has had Spanish lessons
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Milner has been learning the language for 'a couple of years'
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Spanish speakers at Manchester City include David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and Martin Demichelis
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