The China national team head coach , Marcello Lippi has explained the reason why he could not manage in England and turned down a job offered him at Tottenham. He could not speak good English.
He also discussed his friendship with a Manchester United legend, Sir Alex Ferguson when the Scotsman was with Manchester United and Lippi was head coach with Juventus.
I didn't speak English well and that was also a reason I declined. Someone told me that Ferguson also didn't speak English well because he was Scottish!”
Lippi also has strong admiration for former United midfielders Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.