\n The Chilean turned his back on the Canaries in the summer to make the controversial move to Suffolk in search of fulfilling his dream of playing Premier League football.\n<\/p>\n
\n Many wondered if Nunez fully understood the extent of his decision, but the midfielder believes it would only have been significant if he made a similar move in his home country.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I think I understand, but I am not from England. I’m from Chile,” Nunez told the Ipswich matchday programme. “If I went back to Chile and played for Universidad Catolica’s rivals then it would be different.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But if a team comes along here in England and wants to win things and give me the chance to play Premier League football, then I’m going to take that opportunity.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I’m a player that wants to keep improving and I liked the project at this club. Norwich couldn’t offer me the same opportunity. Sometimes you have to take risks. Ipswich gave me a great offer.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I want to play in the Premier League and I hope that playing at Ipswich gives me that opportunity.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Nunez admits that adaptation in England has proven difficult, but the experience and opportunity to progress his career has made the sacrifice worthwhile.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Coming to England was a big change but I settled in quickly. I came with the mentality to prove that I’m talented and to earn my place in the starting XI. But of course, it was difficult at times, being away from home.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Paul Chesterton\/Focus Images Ltd)\n<\/p>\n
\n “I only really go to Chilean restaurants and Turkish restaurants. I find the weather a bit tough, especially in winter and the language too. I love the football here though, so you forget about the weather when you’re playing football. But that was the hardest thing to get used to.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When it’s dark at 4pm in the winter, I just can’t believe it. But there are so many things that make up for this,\u201d Nunez said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When my agent called me to say that I had the option to go to England, I couldn’t believe it. I was so emotional. I never thought that this would happen for me. I’ve been here for three years, played 130 games and I think I have adapted well.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I get on very well with the manager. He’s a great person. I thought he was a serious guy when I played for Norwich, but now I know him better, I know that he is a great person. He’s a brilliant boss and will help me become a better player.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chilean turned his back on the Canaries in the summer to make the controversial move to Suffolk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-187181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}