Forul european scrie că numele lui Chiricheş se pronunţă Kiri-kesh în limba engleză, dar alături de internaţionalul român, în atenţia UEFA se află şi alţi jucători de la Napoli – Emanuele Giaccherini (Ja-care-ee-nee), Marek Hamsik (Ham-sheek), Elseid Hysaj (El-say-eed Hoo-sigh), Lorenzo Insigne (In-scene-yer), Nikola Maksimovic (Mak-sim-ov-itch), Ivan Strinic (Stree-nitch), Piotr Zielinski (Zhee-el-een-ski).
De la alte echipe, UEFA le prezintă vorbitorilor de engleză pronunţia corectă a numelor pentru următorii jucători:
Arsenal
Hector Bellerin – Hector Bay-air-een; Petr Cech – Pet-r Chekh; Francis Coquelin – Francis Cock-er-lan; Mathieu Debuchy – Mat-yur De-boo-she; Olivier Giroud – Olivier Gee-roo; Laurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Ko-sea-el-ni; Mesut Ozil – Mesut Er-zil; Granit Xhaka – Granit Chaka
Atletico Madrid
Nicolas Gaitan – Guy-tan; Antoine Griezmann – An-twan Gree-ez-man; Koke – Ko-kay; Saul Níguez – Sow-ool Nyee-gess; Stefan Savis – Sa-vich; Nicolas Schiappacasse – Ski-appa-cass-ey; Sime Vrsaljko – Shee-may Ver-sal-ko
FC Barcelona
Lucas Digne – Loo-cah Dee-nyuh; Ivan Rakitic – Ra-key-titch
Bayern Munchen
Joshua Kimmich – Kim-ikh; Robert Lewandowski – Le-van-dov-ski; Manuel Neuer – Man-well Noy-er
Benfica Lisabona
Franco Cervi – Chair-vee; Ljubomir Fejsa – Fay-sa; Victor Lindelof – Linda-love
Borussia Dortmund
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Oh-bam-yong; Alexander Isak – Ee-sack; Lukasz Piszczek – Woo-cash Peesh-check; Christian Pulisic – Police-sick; Marco Reus – Royce; Nuri Sahin – Noo-ree Shah-hin; Roman Weidenfeller – Vye-den-feller
Juventus Torino
Gianluigi Buffon – Boo-fon; Giorgio Chiellini – Kee-ell-ee-nee; Gonzalo Higuaín – Ee-gway-een; Mario Mandzukic – Man-joo-kitch; Claudio Marchisio – Mar-kee-sio; Marko Pjaca – Pee-at-za; Miralem Pjanic – Pee-ah-nitch
Leicester City
Robert Huth – Hoot; Bartosz Kapustka – Bar-tosh; Kasper Schmeichel – Smai-kel; Leonardo Ulloa – Lay-oh-nar-doe Oo-show-ah
Bayer Leverkusen
Hakan Calhanoglu – Chall-han-och-loo; Aleksandar Dragovic – Drago-vitch; Tin Jedvaj – Yed-vye; Ramazan Ozcan – Erz-jan; Joel Pohjanpalo – Po-hyan-pallo; Omer Toprak – Er-mar Top-rukh
Manchester City
Willy Caballero – Caba-yair-o; Ilkay Gundogan – Ilk-eye Gun-doch-wan; Jesus Navas – Hess-oos; Bacary Sagna – Sa-nyah
AS Monaco
Tiemoue Bakayoko – Tee-ay-moo-ay; Jooo Moutinho – Joo-ow Mow-cheen-oo; Danijel Subasic – Sooba-shitch
Paris Saint-Germain
Serge Aurier – Or-ee-ay; Grzegorz Krychowiak – G-sheg-orsh Kri-ko-vyak; Layvin Kurzawa – Kur-zha-va; Thomas Meunier – Mer-nee-air
FC Porto
Iker Casillas – Ee-care Ca-see-yass; Jesus Corona – Hess-oos; Laurent Depoitre – Lo-ron Der-pwat-r
Real Madrid
Dani Carvajal – Car-va-hal; Mateo Kovacic – Ko-va-chitch; Toni Kroos – Crows; Luka Modric – Mod-rich; Pepe – Pep; James Rodríguez – Ha-mess
FC Sevilla
Daniel Carrico – Car-hiss-oh; Stevan Jovetic – Yo-veh-titch; Benoît Tremoulinas – Ben-wah Tray-moo-lee-nass.