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title: "Football fans love potato salad tweet from Tomas Soucek"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Jones"
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published: "2021-01-07T12:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-01-07T12:00:00Z"
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# Football fans love potato salad tweet from Tomas Soucek

West Ham midfielder [Tomas Soucek](https://readwestham.com/2020/12/28/tomas-soucek-hailed-by-fans-as-he-salvages-a-point-for-west-ham/) has made plenty of headlines over the last few days – but not for the reason one might expect.

It was not his [match-winning deflected goal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55444186#:~:text=West%20Ham%20manager%20David%20Moyes,League%20victory%20at%20Goodison%20Park.) against Everton last week that was being discussed, but instead post-match comments lauding his love for potato salad which bemused many football fans.

[The interview,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_DErBF2PO8) in which Soucek was discussing the cultural differences between Czech and English football, prompted West Ham to surprise Soucek in the club canteen accordingly.

‘Normally I have three weeks off eating potato salad!’ proclaimed Soucek as he spoke to [BT Sport.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_DErBF2PO8) In the Czech Republic, a potato salad-based dish is a traditional festive meal and is a mainstay of Czech Christmas culture, hence his commentc.

The dish is normally served with carp and Schnitzels, with [one source](https://prague-now.com/recipes/recipe-czech-potato-salad/) calling it the ‘Czech turkey’ in terms of cultural resonance. Many Czech households typically have their own variation of the dish.

The [£19.1m signing](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53527360) from Slavia Prague was then given a potato salad lunch on Wednesday – aptly labelled ‘Salad a la Soucek’ – which he then [shared to followers on Twitter.](https://twitter.com/tomassoucek28/status/1346816889364901888) As of Thursday, his interview has been watched almost 100,000 times on [BT Sport’s YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_DErBF2PO8) alone.

Many football fans were amused at Soucek’s culinary preferences and took to Twitter to share their reactions:

> Twitter: @robsnodgrass7 if we give you some Potato Salad will you stay? (@ImlikeDinho)

> Twitter: @Pleasestop000 @tomassoucek28 He can eat what he wants the way he is playing! I just mean the recipe at the canteen… https://t.co/QPQxhc89Ni (@Dawstours)

> Twitter: @westham\_gossip @ExWHUemployee The canteen menu’s changed since he played for us. It’s strictly potato salad now! (@bowlessoul)

> Twitter: @tomassoucek28 I’ve never seen potato salad with carrots & peas in ![🤔](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f914.svg) https://t.co/5W1OtOPYMv (@PrettyBubbles65)

> Twitter: Give him proper potato salad and 3 weeks off!! https://t.co/IP6ai7fzb6 (@Tailorminator)

> Twitter: @Pleasestop000 @tomassoucek28 He probably shouldn’t eat so much mayonnaise though! (@Dawstours)

One fan even wrote a match-day chant. We’re not so sure this will catch on…

> Twitter: He’s got salad.\
> Potato salad.\
> I just don’t think you understand.\
> It came from farmer Giles.\
> Helps him run for mile… https://t.co/NoSk4LNTum (@chickenrunwhufc)