Former France defender Marcel Desailly, who played under Capello during both of the Italian's spells in charge of AC Milan, believes language difficulties might not be the 61-year-old's only barrier in the England set-up.

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Well certainly I wouldn't use that language at all and I think that's the sort of language which has led to the difficulties in the past.

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Deplorable living conditions, difficulties learning the English language and dealing with the rustic surroundings of minor league baseball in a foreign country were commonplace issues.

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This, Ms Huws argues in that letter that is because of the difficulties the Welsh Assembly Government would have monitoring its own Welsh language schemes.

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The Pakistan job is widely regarded as one of the toughest in World Cricket, due to the high expectations of 160 million cricket-obsessed people, language difficulties and a series of recent controversies.

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