Whenever a foreign player or coach pitches up at a new club in a new country, they’ll often find themselves doing something ‘local’ to blend in.
Christian Gross had his London Underground travelcard and Jurgen Klopp learned Scouse, but David Villa has set a new benchmark in his second season with New York City FC.
‘What has he done?’, we hear you ask. Well, what’s the most New York thing you can think of.
No, he’s not been snapped eating a $1 pizza slice.
Nor has he nearly been run over by a yellow cab while crossing the street, with or without uttering the phrase ‘I’m walking here’.
He’s gone one better, by appearing as a guest on New York television staple ‘Sesame Street’.
NEW video with @MeCookieMonster, Rosita, and @Guaje7Villa teaches us the power of practice! https://t.co/xAhXu9CMd2 pic.twitter.com/dDXvXpme5n
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) August 8, 2016
NYCFC have shared a behind-the-scenes video of Villa hanging out with the Cookie Monster. One’s an unnatural blue monster that by rights shouldn’t exist, and the other is a Sesame Street character.
The Spain international was clearly awestruck upon meeting his hero – along with fellow Muppet Rosita – and was so distracted that he handed the pair outfield football shirts with a goalkeeper’s number on the back.
Villa’s guest slot saw him help young viewers count – all together now…one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
