French Speakers

Just had a thought that at the moment Sakho, Benteke, Cabaye, Souaré, Sako and Zaha all speak French. Although Zaha has admitted he is not as fluent as he used to be, but I remeber reading him saying that he has to be careful now when talking to Benteke around RH as RH also knows some French. The point I am making is that I rarely find myself thinking about the everyday life of the players - in training, outside of work as friends, banter etc. and think that it must be so much more comfortable to join a club where there are many team meates that also speak your native language. I know all the non-native English speakers have a great level of Engish, and this is obviously the main language everyone speaks when at work, but how much does something like this help the decision making when thinking of moving to Palace? Think of Babacar for example, a Senegalese international having played in Italy looking to possibly sign for an English club for the first time. If he was split between joining two equal PL teams for the same money, surely the small detail such as there will be many team mates speaking your native language could seal the deal.

Just a thought but a worthy discussion and interesting if nothing else.

How much can language influence the players we sign?