British footballer Burke misses chance to join PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (due to language trouble !!)

Stara Zagora is  the administrative capital of Stara Zagora Province in Bulgaria.  It is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets.  Bulgaria  is in southeastern Europe, bordered by Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and Black sea.  Its ancient history saw the presence of the Thracians and later the Greeks and Romans. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian state dates back to the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 CE, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavs during the Middle Ages.  The country's current political structure dates to the adoption of a democratic constitution in 1991. Bulgaria is a unitary parliamentary republic with a high degree of political, administrative, and economic centralisation. It is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Council of Europe.

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora, which currently competes in A Football Group, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name Vereya. The club's home colours are green and white.  Here is the story of a British footballer  who missed chance to sign with Bulgarian side after mispronouncing a word and making club doctors think he had the dreaded disease ‘ebola’. 

CJ Burke, 21, was training with Bulgarian side PFC Beroe Stara Zagora. He tried to say was feeling ill but the club believed he said he had Ebola. Quarantined for four days he missed his chance to sign with the club. Mailonline reports of this interesting newsitem of a British student tipped for football stardom in Bulgaria had his signing with a top club delayed - after he mispronounced a word and they thought he had Ebola. Trainee doctor CJ Burke had been studying in the former Soviet state when he was spotted playing by the country's top scout.  The language mix-up landed him in 4 day quarantine in  Bulgaria. 

It is stated that during a training session, he attempted to say he was feeling ill with the Bulgarian word 'Bolen'. Instead, he caused a panic when the club thought he was trying to say he had Ebola. 'They put me and my friend in quarantine for four days,' said Burke. 'It was a nightmare. He added that the food was vile. 

Burke, in picture training, had been tipped for football stardom in the Easten European country but missed his signing because of his club believed he had Ebola. CJ had moved to Bulgaria and quitting East Sussex university when he realised his biomedical sciences degree would not allow him to later convert into medicine, and began looking up cheap medical courses online. The 21-year-old, originally from London, eventually settled on Trakia University in the Eastern European county's sixth-largest city Stara Zagora, because of the bargain fees and moved there in September.

The midfielder trained Fulham F.C.'s youth academy between the ages of 14-16 and his life-long ambition to be a pro was shattered when they released him. But not he says he has been given another 'lifeline' to his dream.  When  he tried to use the Bulgarian word for ill - 'Bolen'- Burke, who is pictured with girlfriend Lilly Smith, caused a panic as the club thought he was trying to say he had Ebola. Despite the Ebola knockback at the end of November, he remains a hero in the city.

Girlfriend Lily Smith, 24, of north London, does not get jealous of the women throwing themselves however. Burke said: 'She's over the moon about it. She thinks she's a right WAG now.' He is now due to sign for PFC Beroe Stara Zagora later this month is already being handed the celeb treatment.

Strange are the ways of people and now Burke is known as 'Black Doctor-Footballer.'

With regards – S. Sampathkumar

13^th Jan 2015.