Hodgson, 62, is vastly experienced in world football having coached Inter Milan, Udinese, Blackburn and the Swiss national side.

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Recently, Inter Milan was charged by European football's governing body UEFA for racist chanting towards Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who plays for English club Tottenham.

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On arriving from England, Bolingbroke was surprised to learn Inter had no football museum of its own at the San Siro, though it does share one with AC Milan.

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