Marcello Lippi has revealed that one reason he turned down a job offer from Tottenham was because he didn’t think he could speak English well enough.
The Italian enjoyed a friendship with Sir Alex Ferguson that formed when the Scotsman was in charge of Manchester United and Lippi was head coach at Juventus.
He has admitted that Spurs approached him at the time but that he rejected their proposal, partly due to his love for the Bianconeri and partly due to his lack of confidence in his English.
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“Yes, I was very close to Tottenham when I was coaching Juventus,” Lippi said to the Daily Mail.