Fabio Capello

Browse > Home / 2010 News / Capello gives Beckham boost December 29, 2009 In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday, England manager Fabio Capello insisted that a “fit” David Beckham would be included his squad for next summer’s World Cup in South Africa. “If he plays well, and is fit, I will include him in my squad,” Capello told the Italian sport publication in an interview published Monday. “I pay attention to quality, and David has a lot.” Beckham, 34, holds an England non-goalkeeper record with 115 international appearances, but he has feared for his place in the Three Lions ... Read Full Story

Gareth Barry admits Emile Heskey is right to consider leaving Aston Villa to keep his place in the England team ahead of next year's World Cup. Heskey is in the unusual position of being an England regular while struggling to get a starting place in Martin O'Neill's Villa line-up. The former Liverpool forward revealed after England's 1-0 defeat against Ukraine on Saturday that he may be forced to look for a move when the transfer window re-opens in January because he can't afford to lose his spot in Fabio Capello's team. England coach Capello has made it clear that ideally players need to be ... Read Full Story

Fabio Capello insists England's trip to Qatar to face Brazil in a lucrative friendly next month is a worthwhile exercise. The English Football Association have come under fire for agreeing to the fixture in the middle of a hectic period of Premier League and European action. Stars like Wayne Rooney, John Terry and Steven Gerrard face a draining 6,500-mile round journey for a relatively meaningless match. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, while not specifically mentioning the Doha fixture on November 14, is frustrated by "the intrusion of a friendly game in some unknown country" in the midst of the club season. But England ... Read Full Story

England head coach Fabio Capello knows who his preferred penalty takers are for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. Read Full Story

England's World Cup rivals should take note: Fabio Capello has unfinished business with the world's biggest sporting event. The Italian who has guided England to next year's finals in South Africa with two games to spare, has been unfamiliar with failure as a coach. As a player however, Capello learned what it was like to suffer crushing professional disappointment and World Cups loom large in his personal scrapbook of regrets. The 63-year-old is easily caricatured as a man with no room for sentimentality in his life. Yet he becomes almost wistful when he reflects on what might have been in 1974, when an Italian ... Read Full Story