Pedro Porro sits on the other side of the world in Tottenham Hotspur‘s world class training centre with a smile on his face.

It’s the middle of January with Spurs going through a significant rough patch of form but Porro is polite and happy to talk with Wide World of Sports, one of four media outlets granted an interview with the Premier League superstar.

Porro has in the United Kingdom for three years now, but reading over previous interviews he’s previously divulged that his English is not the best.

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But it’s improved.

“It’s good, it’s not too bad,” he replies with a smile when Wide World of Sports asks how his English is now.

Pedro Porro during his interview.  Stan Sport

Porro’s first language is Spanish, having been born and raised in the country, and can also speak Portugese after his time at Sporting.

While Porro is footballer first, it was opportunistic to ask the Spaniard about his passion for tennis considering the timing of the Australian Open.

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So where does that interest come from?

“It’s because of one friend, Carlos Alcaraz,” he smiles.

Pedro Porro and Carlos Alcaraz. Stan Sport/Getty

“A long time ago I supported tennis because of Nadal, Federer, Djokovic (and now) Carlos, anyone who has good spirit.

“In Spain, everyone loves Carlos because of his mentality, that winning mentality he has in every game.”

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Admittedly, Porro’s accent is quite thick and it’s difficult to pick up every word through a Zoom call.

Since moving from Lisbon to London, the language has been his biggest adjustment.

“When I moved here, it was difficult because it was another country, another language for me but as the days and years go by, you understand the language much better and this is important for me and other people,” he says.

“Now it’s much better, because when other people came to me I was saying ‘sorry I’m learning English, give me more time’, but now it’s good. It is not perfect but it’s much better than before.”

Porro’s initiation to English culture was interesting.

When he first started at Spurs, the coach was Italian Antonio Conte, where both dialects have similarities.

Then came Ange Postecoglou. Porro laughs when remembering the first six months with the Aussie and the difficulties trying to understand his accent.

To go from an Italian speaking English into an Australian’s gruff accent would not have been easy.

But Porro has honed his own strategies over time.

“When you stay home and relax with Netflix, you watch the show in English and every word when you’re listening it becomes much better,” he said.

Finally, in this five-minute allotted slot we’ve come towards the end, so a quick question follows.

Having played in three leagues, what makes the Premier League the one he aspired to play in?

“The Premier League is a little different because you need to have 100 per cent concentration every game, you need to put everything on the pitch, every week … for me the Premier League is the best.”