Chelsea senior staff are taking Italian lessons so to help new manager Carlo Ancelotti settle quickly at Stamford Bridge.
"There is a bet going with [Didier] Drogba about whether I would learn English faster than he would learn the Milanese dialect, and my money is on Drogba to win," said Ancelotti, who has conceded that Paolo Maldini will not be joining his coaching staff.
"Three Chelsea directors have also been learning Italian, maybe out of desperation. There was one time when I was with David Beckham at Milan. He was on the massage table and I said, 'He who sleeps fails to catch the fish', and everyone started laughing."