Next England Manager

[Mattshark]

The FA are so deseperate to get it right they are consulting 10 major footy personalities.
Platini : a frenchman who hates England
Beckaenbauer : a German whod love England to fail
Taylor : the worst manager England ever had
Hoddle : One of the worst managers England ever had
Hodgson : an Englishman whos only good enough to manager Finland and Switzerland
Sir Bobby Robson
Bobby Charlton
Slur Alex FER**** : A jock who hates the English :whatever:
Wenger
Toshack : on of the worst managers I have ever seen

Out of all them lot I would only listen to Sir Bobby Robson if he can remember the names of our squad and Wenger, the rest are JOKERS.

To be fair to Taylor, McClaren was actually worse with better players available.

[REDSCOUSER]

To be fair to Taylor, McClaren was actually worse with better players available.

Lets agree they're both ****E

[Diego]

I think this guy would at least make us fun to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmnjV5juzw4

beat takeshi

[AFII]

Now we can say hello to Capello - Barwick’s coup to restore faith in England
Mourinho calls time on his big tease so England will go for the Italian job

Fabio Capello has been identified by the Football Association as England's next coach and the Italian will be invited to meet senior Soho Square officials in London later this week. Brian Barwick, the FA chief executive, finally dropped Jose Mourinho from his list of targets after the former Chelsea manager confirmed that he did not want to succeed the sacked Steve McClaren during a telephone call late on Sunday night.

Now Barwick will turn to Capello, confident that the 61-year-old former Real Madrid and AC Milan coach, having already publicly declared an interest in taking the £6million-a-year role, will accept an offer from the FA. Last night, FA officials insisted it was too early to dismiss Marcello Lippi, Jurgen Klinsmann and Martin O'Neill when Barwick had not even met Capello.

But Simon Johnson, FA director of corporate affairs and Barwick's closest aide, has already spoken twice to Capello on the telephone and Barwick will offer him the job if what amounts to an interview goes well.

Capello certainly meets the criteria Barwick outlined when he told the FA board he would be looking to recruit a 'world-class manager'. He has one of the most impressive c.v.s in European football, having won the league with every club he has managed in a career that has seen him land Italy's Serie A seven times and Spain's La Liga twice, as well as the Champions League with the great AC Milan team of the early 90s.

He won the Scudetto with Juventus in 2005 and 2006, only for the club to be stripped of both titles amid the controversy of the match-fixing scandal. But Capello proved he has the midas touch again when he arrived at Real Madrid and guided David Beckham and his colleagues to La Liga glory last season. For Barwick, unveiling Capello would represent a coup and go some way to restoring his reputation after the embarrassment of McClaren's tenure.

Barwick dared to suggest that McClaren was his first choice when he presented him to the media last year, and the results left both men damaged by the association, even though it was a little unfair on Barwick when he was not given the freedom by the FA board to appoint his preferred choice of O'Neill.

In Capello, however, he will have a coach held in the highest regard and someone who will be welcomed by an FA board that meets next week, but could authorise his appointment before then. Capello's English needs plenty of work, but even that is being described as 'better than expected'.

Former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola is a possible assistant, but the FA last night denied any knowledge of that.

There is no doubt that Mourinho, 44, was Barwick's first choice on this occasion and, although he never met the Special One face to face to discuss the job, there has been regular contact over the past 12 days with Mourinho and his agent, Jorge Mendes.

In a statement issued last night, Mourinho, now being strongly linked with a return to club management, with AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid all possible destinations, said: "After Steve McClaren departed the England football team, my representatives had contacts with the FA.

"Following that, I myself had interesting conversations with Brian Barwick and Trevor Brooking, with whom I exchanged ideas with a view to evaluating the current situation of the English national team and the aims that would be pursued if I were in fact invited to take this post.

"After reflecting at length, I took the decision to exclude myself from the possibility of becoming the England manager, even though I regard it as a wonderful job.

"I repeat that I have a lot of respect for English football and that after passing three good years in England, I firmly believe that country's national team will soon get back to winning ways."

The FA first made contact with Capello and his son — a lawyer Pier Filippo — with the help of a leading English sports lawyer 11 days ago and further talks took place last week. But Capello has made no secret of his interest in the job. He said recently: "The challenge of coaching a national side like England would be something different. The job is not about coaching every day. It would be a very difficult challenge but a very exciting one."

When it appeared Mourinho would reject the FA's advances, Capello showed little concern that he was not Barwick's first choice, saying: "I was convinced Mourinho would have accepted. The fact that he has opted to step aside means that he has another aim. But I am older than Mourinho."

Capello, who will probably be offered an initial two-year deal that takes him to the 2010 World Cup, is expected to bring his trusted aide Franco Baldini as an assistant, along with Zola, although director of football development Brooking is keen to have an English influence which could yet see a role created for someone like Alan Shearer.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...e_id=1779&ct=5

[AFII]

Capello to sign today
Capello named England boss today - Already shown round Wembley - FA to unveil him tomorrow £4m-a-year contract agreed
By Martin Lipton Chief Football Writer 13/12/2007

Fabio Capello will sign a contract to become the new England manager today.

Capello flew back to Italy last night after a whistlestop tour of Wembley and intensive talks with FA chief executive Brian Barwick and the FA's Head of Football Development Sir Trevor Brooking.

But the 61-year-old Italian left the fine details of his £4million-per-year contract to his lawyers, including his son Pier Filippo, having shown huge enthusiasm for the task of succeeding Steve McClaren.

And the confidence that Capello will put pen to paper was clear as director of communications Adrian Bevington said: "I can confirm that Brian Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking have today held talks with Fabio Capello in London. I'm pleased to say that these discussions were extremely positive and without any problems.

"Fabio has tonight returned to Italy to honour a prior commitment. Further talks are now taking place between Fabio's advisors and ourselves."

Barwick and Brooking were hugely impressed by Capello in their first face-to-face talks, which took place over three hours, after the Italian was shown round Wembley.

Capello's desire and enthusiasm for the post were being described as "superb" and "fantastic", with the FA convinced they have got the right man.

And with broad agreement on terms and conditions rapidly reached, as Capello demonstrated just how much he wants to take on the challenge, only the small print remained to be completed.

Fa chiefs, concerned that there should be no premature triumphalism in case there is a stunning late setback - as happened with Luis Felipe Scolari 21 months ago - were still counselling a degree of caution.

Even so, Capello was accompanied back to Heathrow by FA security chief Ray Whitworth, in a clear sign that he is already effectively on the Soho Square payroll.

As Mirror Sport revealed on Tuesday, Capello is willing to bring the likes of Alan Shearer and Stuart Pearce onto his coaching staff to ensure an English influence remains on the national team, although he is understood to want his long-term assistant Italo Galbiati and former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola as well.

If final agreement is reached, as expected, Barwick will today ask the FA board to 'sign off' the initial two-and-a-half year deal, taking Capello up to the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Capello is then ready to return tonight to be paraded as England's 12th full-time boss at Soho Square tomorrow.

England fans' spokesman Mark Perryman said replacing Steve McClaren with Capello was "like going from Captain Mainwaring to Field Marshall Montgomery in one fell swoop."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...9520-20243227/

[warrenpeace]

£6.5 million per year, that's £125000 a week

[Neil Young]

It's confirmed, to no-one's surprise.

[Dan]

What was with the guy holding up the "actors smoking" sign behind that FA spokesman?

[Red Chilli]

A good appointment IMO

[Reece]

What was with the guy holding up the "actors smoking" sign behind that FA spokesman?

Did you hear as the cameras panned back to the studio, someone - presumably one of the journalists said "lets burn him"

[Reece]

And as an England fan - yes some do exist on here - I'm chuffed with this appointment.

[Jayesh87]

Confirmed.

Capello is the new manager.

[Reece]

Omg Nowai!!!