It was a bit difficult to adapt at first but, little by little, I have learned to adjust to the type of football here in Spain, the city, the players and the club.

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The measures are also aimed at preventing banking failures, of the type that happened in Greece and Spain, ending up on the books of eurozone governments.

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This is particularly controversial in Spain, because many of the holders of this type of debt are unsophisticated retail customers: horror stories are emerging of illiterate customers signing up for risk-bearing debt with their thumbprints.

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They are thought to be of a type that has been in circulation for a decade, with specimens turning up mostly in Spain, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Portugal.

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