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Capello has a dig at Rooney

FORMER England coach Fabio Capello refused to let his row with England striker Wayne Rooney die down, saying the player performed better playing for his club Manchester United than for his country because he only understood Scottish.

Rooney's manager at Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, is Scottish.

Capello made the remarks after Rooney claimed that under the former AC Milan and Real Madrid handler the players could not understand his strategies because his English was poor.

"After watching the last game (the Euro 2012 quarterfinal defeat to Italy) I think that Rooney understands only Scottish," Capello said in comments published in the English press.

"That's because he only plays well in Manchester, where Sir Alex Ferguson speaks Scottish."

Capello's successor for the England job, Roy Hodgson, conceded that Rooney had struggled to meet the high expectations at Euro 2012.

"I think we put a lot of expectations on him," he said. "When he missed the first two games we were all believing that what we need to do now was get to the third game and Wayne Rooney will win us the championships.

"That maybe was too much to ask of him. He certainly tried very hard, but he didn't have his best game (against Italy). I think he would admit that. That might be down to a number of factors, but I don't think that fitness itself was a particular factor."



 

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