Fabio Cappelo throws his hat into the ring.

mike65 · 23-03-2006 10:38pm #1

from bbc

Capello dream is to coach England

Capello has also managed AC Milan, Real Madrid and Roma

Juventus coach Fabio Capello insists taking charge of the England national team is his ambition after he quits managing at club level.

Capello has been one of the names touted as replacing current England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson this summer.

"In the next three years I am thinking of stopping as a club coach," he told Italian newspaper L'Expresso.

"And then I would like for a dream I have always had inside me to come true - to manage England."

Imagine the reaction at FA Towers to this, one the one hand 'Yipeeeeee' on the other could they hire another expensive foreigner without looking like they have no faith in English talent?

I'd snap him up.

Mike.

Green_Martian · 23-03-2006 10:41pm

Well there goes a majority of the English fans hopes of having an English manager...........if this is true........and if England take him

county · 23-03-2006 10:43pm

i`ve no faith in the english managers,there not good enough,
foreign all the way imo

Dont be at yourself · 23-03-2006 10:44pm

Tough situation for The FA. He's got the credentials moreso than anyone else linked to the job, but everyone's calling for an English manager. Interesting!

Necronomicon · 23-03-2006 11:02pm

Hell no, I want him for United!

Ruskie4Rent · 24-03-2006 12:01am

Similar wages as Sven. He'd probably be a similar manager too.

PHB · 24-03-2006 12:22am

Cappelo is a top top top top top quality manager, if England get him, I'd expect them to win the world cup.
There would be no media pressuring him to play certain players.

blu_sonic · 24-03-2006 12:28am

he has a great pedigree (chum*) he should bring a winning ability to the team

* sorry i couldn't resist

el rabitos · 24-03-2006 12:58am

doesnt speak a lick of english afaik

MrPillowTalk · 24-03-2006 1:49am

PHB wrote:

Cappelo is a top top top top top quality manager, if England get him, I'd expect them to win the world cup.
There would be no media pressuring him to play certain players.

Why would there be no media pressure? you really think the english media are capable of backing off anyone

Kojak · 24-03-2006 9:13am

If Capello is interested in the job then he really should be considered - he is the best manager in the world, IMO.

cournioni · 24-03-2006 9:19am

Necromomicon wrote:

Hell no, I want him for United!

Likewise.

iregk · 24-03-2006 9:19am

Very interesting alright isn't it?

Personally I think Capello is the best manager in the world. Everywhere he has gone he has won the league. Yes he has been at great teams but still.

I do not want to see this happen though and to be honest I don't think it will. The FA and the Permier league have a deep hatred of Italian football and in particular Seria A. Basically because its competition. Sven got away with it on the basis that he was Sweedish but I cannot not see the FA give it to an Italian.

Very interesting thing happened on sky a few weeks back when they were talking about the managers job. Can't remembe who it was (english anyway) going on about how it should be an english man taking it as it would instill pashion etc... Then he mentioned Martin O'Neill as his prefered choice. Jamie Redknapp turned around and said yeah but hes Irish so your first point rules him out. Your man didn't know what to say!

It was the first time I've heard anyone from England say bluntly someone was Irish. Usually when we have someone who is somewhat decent no matter what the subject matter happens to be they are immediately labeled 'British'.

PHB · 24-03-2006 10:27am

Its not that there would be no media pressure, it's just that he wouldn't give a **** whatsoever.
I want him to take over at United when Fergie leaves in about 3 or 4 years, so this English job suits me perfectly, especially if he can get to grips with the english game from it.

MrJoeSoap · 24-03-2006 11:42am

PHB wrote:

Its not that there would be no media pressure, it's just that he wouldn't give a **** whatsoever.
I want him to take over at United when Fergie leaves in about 3 or 4 years, so this English job suits me perfectly, especially if he can get to grips with the english game from it.

I think the idea is that he wants to give up club coaching altogether, so the United job is pretty much out of the question.

“Within three years I will pack in coaching at club level,” Capello said. “And then I want to realise the dream I have always had inside me — England.”

"After that I might get away from it all. I have bought a house on (the island of) Pantelleria for that reason," he said.

blu_sonic · 24-03-2006 12:29pm

el rabitos wrote:

doesnt speak a lick of english afaik

once he has a good translator hes in the green

Ruskie4Rent · 24-03-2006 12:41pm

I can't see what he could contribute. Not that I care too much about the england team, but I think it's time for them to get a manager with a bit of passion. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't really see them getting that with an foreign coach.

Lemlin · 24-03-2006 12:43pm

Hiddink has just announced that he'll be leaving PSV at the end of the season too.

Slash/ED · 24-03-2006 3:37pm

How I'd laugh if all this wave of anti foreign manager feeling meant they turned him down and appointed someone like Curblishley or Allardyce instead.