Fiorentina defender Micah Richards admits learning Italian is a priority.
Richards is on-loan at Fiorentina from Manchester City.
"There are tactics on the board. He's (coach Vincenzo Montella) telling us how he wants us to play. I'm just sitting there thinking [he puts on a blank face]: 'I don't know what you're saying'," he told the Guardian.
"There are seven of us English-speakers sitting there [another blank face]: 'What's he just said there, then?' I joke and say: 'Come on, he played at Fulham once, surely he can tell us in English'.
"So the other lads help out and it becomes: 'You player shoot!' And I'm going: 'Yeah! Yeah! I've got you. Player! Shoot! I know shoot!' So I suppose that could improve a bit.
"It's so touristy here a lot of people speak English anyway, but I do want to interact properly. It's too easy sticking to English and I always wanted to learn another language anyway.
"I just imagined before that it would be French or Spanish."
