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Published 16:35 14 Feb 2017 GMT
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The correct pronunciation of the Real Madrid defender's name is "Pep."
According to Uefa: "Pepe does not use that second vowel if you pronounce his name in Portuguese."
Here's the correct pronunciation of some Madrid players' names:
Dani Carvajal – Car-va-hal Mateo Kovačić – Ko-va-chitch Toni Kroos - Crows Luka Modrić – Mod-rich Pepe - Pep James Rodríguez – Ha-mess
Here's the correct pronunciation of some Manchester City players' names. It turns out you've also been pronouncing İlkay Gündoğan's wrong.
Willy Caballero – Caba-yair-o İlkay Gündoğan - Ilk-eye Gun-doch-wan Jesús Navas – Hess-oos Bacary Sagna – Sa-nyahAnd here's the correct pronunciation of Atletico Madrid's players' names, just in case Antoine Griezmann signs for Manchester United:
Nicolás Gaitán – Guy-tan Antoine Griezmann – An-twan Gree-ez-man Koke – Ko-kay Saúl Ñíguez – Sow-ool Nyee-gess Stefan Savić – Sa-vich Nicolás Schiappacasse – Ski-appa-cass-ey Šime Vrsaljko – Shee-may Ver-sal-ko
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