FA hints at English successor to Capello
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August 16, 2010, Monday
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ENGLAND'S Football Association wants an English coach to succeed Fabio Capello.
While the Italian remains contracted until the 2012 European Championship, discussions have already begun about the next coach.
"Beyond Fabio's contract, the view of everyone that has been involved in these discussions so far is that we should have an English manager moving forward," Club England managing director Adrian Bevington told BBC radio yesterday.
Capello has been under pressure following England's second-round exit at the World Cup. The former Real Madrid coach was criticized this week for announcing on television the end of David Beckham's England career - without first speaking to the 35-year-old former captain himself.
Ahead of England's 2-1 victory over Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday, Capello's plans to rebuild the team were undermined by Wes Brown and Paul Robinson announcing their international retirements less than a day after being recalled to the squad.
"A lot of people have a very different view of Fabio Capello to the one they had before the World Cup," Bevington said. "Our job is to support him as best we can. Maybe we can help him, and maybe now is the time to improve communications between manager and players."
The 64-year-old Capello appeared exasperated with the media scrutiny. "Every time I speak I have to think 10 times because you want to find something wrong when I speak," he told reporters.
England hired its first foreign coach in 2001, with Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson leading the team to quarterfinal finishes at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
Steve McClaren was handed the top job in 2006 and England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. He was fired in 2007 and replaced by Capello, whose team won nine out of ten World Cup qualifiers before underperforming in South Africa.
While the Italian remains contracted until the 2012 European Championship, discussions have already begun about the next coach.
"Beyond Fabio's contract, the view of everyone that has been involved in these discussions so far is that we should have an English manager moving forward," Club England managing director Adrian Bevington told BBC radio yesterday.
Capello has been under pressure following England's second-round exit at the World Cup. The former Real Madrid coach was criticized this week for announcing on television the end of David Beckham's England career - without first speaking to the 35-year-old former captain himself.
Ahead of England's 2-1 victory over Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday, Capello's plans to rebuild the team were undermined by Wes Brown and Paul Robinson announcing their international retirements less than a day after being recalled to the squad.
"A lot of people have a very different view of Fabio Capello to the one they had before the World Cup," Bevington said. "Our job is to support him as best we can. Maybe we can help him, and maybe now is the time to improve communications between manager and players."
The 64-year-old Capello appeared exasperated with the media scrutiny. "Every time I speak I have to think 10 times because you want to find something wrong when I speak," he told reporters.
England hired its first foreign coach in 2001, with Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson leading the team to quarterfinal finishes at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
Steve McClaren was handed the top job in 2006 and England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. He was fired in 2007 and replaced by Capello, whose team won nine out of ten World Cup qualifiers before underperforming in South Africa.
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