Capello to warn Rooney over late-night conduct
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August 9, 2010, Monday
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ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello will warn Wayne Rooney about his off-field conduct after the striker was seen urinating and smoking in the street after a night out.
The British papers that published the images of the 24-year-old Rooney said they were taken at 5:30am last Sunday as he left a bar singing raucously in the streets of Manchester with friends. The United player was only just back in preseason training after an extended post-World Cup holiday.
"I read something about Rooney in the paper and I know (United manager) Sir Alex Ferguson was not happy about this," Capello said. "When we meet up I will speak with Rooney and say this is not good."
Capello has warned the England players about their discipline away from the pitch in March and said they could be thrown out of the squad if their conduct lands them in the media spotlight. It came after Capello stripped John Terry of the captaincy after allegations that the defender had an affair with England teammate Wayne Bridge's former partner.
Careful
"They always have to be careful, at every moment," Capello said. "I always speak with the players (about this)."
Meanwhile, Capello said he knew this year's World Cup campaign would fail because his squad arrived at the finals physically and mentally exhausted. "We played the last game in March and the players were in a good situation," Capello told the Sunday Telegraph, referring to a 3-1 friendly win over Egypt.
"But when we played the friendly games before the World Cup, the players were not in the same situation that they were in March. They were not the same, physically, like before. We knew the situation before the World Cup. I spoke with my staff but I could not come out and say this because psychologically it is not good for the players.
"When we started to play I could understand when we were tired - in the games against Mexico ... and against Japan. Even in the last friendly game in South Africa. The level of the games were always the same and I was worried.
"We tried to do everything. I spoke with the doctors and physios to improve the situation but South Africa was a mentality problem."
The British papers that published the images of the 24-year-old Rooney said they were taken at 5:30am last Sunday as he left a bar singing raucously in the streets of Manchester with friends. The United player was only just back in preseason training after an extended post-World Cup holiday.
"I read something about Rooney in the paper and I know (United manager) Sir Alex Ferguson was not happy about this," Capello said. "When we meet up I will speak with Rooney and say this is not good."
Capello has warned the England players about their discipline away from the pitch in March and said they could be thrown out of the squad if their conduct lands them in the media spotlight. It came after Capello stripped John Terry of the captaincy after allegations that the defender had an affair with England teammate Wayne Bridge's former partner.
Careful
"They always have to be careful, at every moment," Capello said. "I always speak with the players (about this)."
Meanwhile, Capello said he knew this year's World Cup campaign would fail because his squad arrived at the finals physically and mentally exhausted. "We played the last game in March and the players were in a good situation," Capello told the Sunday Telegraph, referring to a 3-1 friendly win over Egypt.
"But when we played the friendly games before the World Cup, the players were not in the same situation that they were in March. They were not the same, physically, like before. We knew the situation before the World Cup. I spoke with my staff but I could not come out and say this because psychologically it is not good for the players.
"When we started to play I could understand when we were tired - in the games against Mexico ... and against Japan. Even in the last friendly game in South Africa. The level of the games were always the same and I was worried.
"We tried to do everything. I spoke with the doctors and physios to improve the situation but South Africa was a mentality problem."
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