Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sasa Kalajdzic has hinted he’s found it difficult to adapt to life in England and the culture change involved.
The Austrian forward has been speaking on the Sky Sports podcast “The Audio Evidence”, relayed by Kronen Zeitung, regarding his move to Wolves and the difficulties he’s encountered.
The giant striker joined Wolves in an €18m deal from VfB Stuttgart last summer following three years in Germany after initially starting his career in his native Austria.
While the move to Germany from Austria was likely a smooth transition, that cannot be said of swapping Germany and life in Europe for life in the United Kingdom.
That life is something he’s had plenty of time to experience over the last year as he’s spent it on the sidelines after picking up a serious knee injury in his debut for Wolves.
And it seems he’s been less than impressed by what he has found in his new home, admitting that there is one major improvement he would like to see and that’s related to the food on offer.
“Despite 300,000 inhabitants, this is not the creme de la creme of cities,” he said.
“It’s different than in Austria or Germany. A different mentality. I come from Vienna and lived in Stuttgart. And then you come to Wolverhampton. This is actually the perfect place to start a family.
“Where in the world do you have an English restaurant? You go to an Italian restaurant, a Croatian restaurant or eat a schnitzel at an Austrian restaurant.
“Here you go to the pub. You don’t have the choice here like in Vienna or Stuttgart. All the cafes here, everything that isn’t a pub, closes at three or four o’clock.”
