Striker Marko Futacs hungry to make an impression at Leicester City
Leicester City's Hungarian striker Marko Futacs believes English football is tailor-made for him.
The 6ft 5in striker said he chose to come to England because he loved the physical approach in this country.
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Leicester City's Hungarian striker Marko Futacs
After his debut season at Portsmouth last year, the 22-year-old feels he is now ready to show City fans that he has settled into life in the Championship.
"For a striker, it is the best place to be because there are many goals," he said.
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"Plus, for me, being a tall striker, this is the best place for me to play. It suits my natural game. I like to fight. The Championship surprised me after Germany and France, but after a year I feel more confident now."
Budapest-born Futacs feels he is ready to fight for a starting berth in Nigel Pearson's attack, despite the plethora of strikers currently available.
Pearson can call upon David Nugent, Jermaine Beckford, Jamie Vardy, Martyn Waghorn and Jeff Schlupp, but Futacs welcomes the competition.
"It is great for my head to have so many strikers here because you have to give 100 per cent in every training session to get into the team," said Futacs, who has been playing catch-up after suffering a knee injury in pre-season.
"While I have been watching, I have been impressed with the chances we have created," he said.
"The strikers have worked hard. We have great players and a great team. We feel confident we can go on a good run."
Futacs said he is starting to feel just as settled off the pitch as he is with the English approach on it, and admits he is starting to hold his own in the dressing-room banter battles.
"It is not so easy to get involved in the banter," he said.
"It was worse last year but this is my second year, so I am starting to understand the jokes.
"I feel at home in England now. I have my own place and my girlfriend is with me.
"She learned to speak English in school but it is not the same as when you come here.
"You have to be confident and try to talk to everyone. That is why I am better now and more confident."
He added: "I have been here two years now so I can easily talk to the players or someone in the city."
Comments
by Norman09
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 9:27PM
“Rodney my boy. Word for horse in Hungarian is "lovas" I thought everyone knew that. LOL
Yes it will be good to see the big fella in front of the goal waiting for the crosses to come in from out wide, and to nod the odd corner into the back of the net. Work hard lad, but it won't happen overnight, but it will happen!!”
by Chappy1884
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 8:32PM
“Ló is the word you are looking for Rod
Dugd rá a hagymát zsákban - stick it in the onion bag.
sorry google translate, so the grammar is probably dodgy.
Height on Set Pieces - a target man when all else fails, see what happens.
Patience Marko.”
by dobranich
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 5:51PM
“Yorkie my mate from golf never misses and he says he may be towering but jump he cant. 2 inches off the ground max. That may be an opinion ill wait to see what others say.”
by nickbirstall
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 4:09PM
“with beckford obviously on his way out and vardy not quite firing at this level, could be worth giving him a go with nugent. The quality of balls coming in from knockheart and marshall would certainly benefit from a big presence in the box.
If not he is certainly a good plan b to have coming on when chasing a game
his attitude seems crack on so good luck to him”
by Eastend_Fox
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 2:46PM
“With the number of corners we are winning at the moment, when this guy gets his chance, he's going to get a few goals. Just need some decent deliveries by Marshall and Knocky.”
by Secretwhisper
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 2:32PM
“I can't wait to see him play, He could be our Peter Crouch lol”
by yorkiefox
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 2:20PM
“I haven't seen Futacs play. Some have said that for his height he is not a threat in the box?
If Nugent gets injured we may need Futacs to lead the line so he has to concentrate on getting up for his headers either with his back to goal or when facing goal.”
by foxeerod
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 12:56PM
“i wonder how some of us fans would cope , moving abroad at such a young age to work and trying to cope with a new language. its no wonder some of these players take a while to settle in , true hes got his bird with him ,but he cant really take her to training.
if i had to manage a bookies in hungary, id struggle like hell . i mean whats hungarian for horse for a start.
good luck martin, and if you are struggling a little with the language , we fans wont mind if you do your talking on the pitch.
sticking the ball in the onion sack is a universal language that all fans understand”
by TheGeofflane
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 11:22AM
“Those of us who don't have 5 GCSEs will wonder at the appearance of the word 'plethora' in a piece about football. Did your writer, Mercury, win his bet?”