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Rutashubanyuma · Mar 29, 2011

Fabio Capello hits out at José Mourinho over England job claim

• England manager also defends his command of English
• On Andy Carroll: 'He needs to improve, to drink less'

Dominic Fifield
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 March 2011 23.47 BST <li class="history">Article history

José Mourinho has angered Fabio Capello by claiming he was within 'hours' of taking the England manager's job ahead of the Italian. Photograph: Paul White/AP Fabio Capello has brushed off claims by José Mourinho that the Portuguese was the Football Association's preferred choice to become England manager three years ago, pointedly saying he would never comment publicly on another job out of "respect" for the incumbent.
The build-up to Tuesday evening's friendly against Ghana saw Capello forced to justify his decision to field an experimental side at a sold-out Wembley and to defend his command of the English language. The 64-year-old insisted he needs only "100 words maximum" to express his instructions to his players, although he was reluctant to use many of them when confronted by Mourinho's comments.
The Real Madrid manager, speaking in L'Equipe, had claimed he was within "hours" of succeeding Steve McClaren in 2007 only to inform the FA that he had had a late change of heart. "I almost signed up," he said. "But at the last moment I pulled back, preferring to wait for the right job to come along, a good club, a challenge that could motivate me. That was Internazionale."
The FA insisted on Monday night that, although Mourinho had featured on their two-man shortlist to replace McClaren, with public opinion having pressured them to explore his availability, Capello was "always our first-choice".
Asked about Mourinho's remarks, Capello was initially dismissive. "I don't know," he said. "This is a question for the chairman that chose me, not for me. It does not matter. Absolutely not. Every time a club or a national team decides to choose a manager, they decide to speak with a lot of managers. It's normal. This is not different."
Yet his response became more animated when pushed on the matter. "I don't like to speak about my relationship with other clubs or teams out of respect for other managers. I don't like to speak about this. I've said enough."
The timing of Mourinho's comments was distinctly unhelpful given the scrutiny under which Capello is working, particularly after his clumsy handling of the transfer of the captaincy from Rio Ferdinand back to John Terry. That farcical transition has endured another twist, with Terry one of six players released back to their clubs after the win in Wales on Saturday, leaving Gareth Barry, who was not deemed worthy of a place on the bench in Cardiff, to captain the side against Ghana. "It was a surprise," Barry said. "To find myself not involved at the weekend and then, a few days later, told I'm going to lead the team out at Wembley … it sums up how quickly things can change."
Capello's communication skills had been heavily criticised while the furore over the captaincy rumbled on – he intends to speak face to face with Ferdinand in the next few weeks – although he defended the standard of his English after more than three years as national coach. "I think when I speak with the players they understand everything," he said. " In this job, it's important when you speak with the players. If I need to speak about the economy or other things, I can't. But when you speak about tactics, you don't use a lot of words. I don't have to speak about a lot of different things. Maximum 100 words."
Capello has only 15 months left on his contract but suggested he is continuing to work hard to polish his English – "I try to improve every day" – and considers Tuesday evening's friendly an opportunity for fringe players to stake their claim for future inclusion. Scott Parker is expected to start on the bench as he struggles with minor calf and shoulder complaints, and Aaron Lennon has returned to Tottenham with a minor hamstring injury. Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Andy Carroll – who will play for up to an hour – will start in a 4-3-3 system, with Capello having spoken privately to the £35m Liverpool striker to discuss the off-field perils of life in the limelight.
"Look, he's young," said Capello. "Really young. His behaviour now is really, really important. He needs to be careful at every moment. When you play with the England team, at every moment you are the focus of the fans, the newspapers, the photographers, the people that live around him. I spoke with him privately. Not only Andy likes to drink beer. He needs to improve, to drink less."
That advice has not been offered to Jack Wilshere, who should start at Wembley, with Capello stressing that "[Arsène] Wenger will be a good teacher for him".
The crowd at the friendly will be swollen by up to 26,000 Ghana fans, although there is a sense of disappointment that England will be fielding such a skeleton side. "I decided to release the players because they would have played four games in 10 days, which is a lot," said Capello. "For the respect of the players, for the respect for the clubs, I decided these players can go home. Because in this period, if you are tired at the end of the season, it's possible to realise really strong injuries. But this will be interesting for the fans, and for me, to see the value of the players when they play for England here."

Rutashubanyuma · Mar 29, 2011

Fabio Capello hits out at José Mourinho over England job claim

England manager also defends his command of English
On Andy Carroll: 'He needs to improve, to drink less'

Dominic Fifield
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 March 2011 23.47 BST <li class="history">Article history

José Mourinho has angered Fabio Capello by claiming he was within 'hours' of taking the England manager's job ahead of the Italian. Photograph: Paul White/AP Fabio Capello has brushed off claims by José Mourinho that the Portuguese was the Football Association's preferred choice to become England manager three years ago, pointedly saying he would never comment publicly on another job out of "respect" for the incumbent.
The build-up to Tuesday evening's friendly against Ghana saw Capello forced to justify his decision to field an experimental side at a sold-out Wembley and to defend his command of the English language. The 64-year-old insisted he needs only "100 words maximum" to express his instructions to his players, although he was reluctant to use many of them when confronted by Mourinho's comments.
The Real Madrid manager, speaking in L'Equipe, had claimed he was within "hours" of succeeding Steve McClaren in 2007 only to inform the FA that he had had a late change of heart. "I almost signed up," he said. "But at the last moment I pulled back, preferring to wait for the right job to come along, a good club, a challenge that could motivate me. That was Internazionale."
The FA insisted on Monday night that, although Mourinho had featured on their two-man shortlist to replace McClaren, with public opinion having pressured them to explore his availability, Capello was "always our first-choice".
Asked about Mourinho's remarks, Capello was initially dismissive. "I don't know," he said. "This is a question for the chairman that chose me, not for me. It does not matter. Absolutely not. Every time a club or a national team decides to choose a manager, they decide to speak with a lot of managers. It's normal. This is not different."
Yet his response became more animated when pushed on the matter. "I don't like to speak about my relationship with other clubs or teams out of respect for other managers. I don't like to speak about this. I've said enough."
The timing of Mourinho's comments was distinctly unhelpful given the scrutiny under which Capello is working, particularly after his clumsy handling of the transfer of the captaincy from Rio Ferdinand back to John Terry. That farcical transition has endured another twist, with Terry one of six players released back to their clubs after the win in Wales on Saturday, leaving Gareth Barry, who was not deemed worthy of a place on the bench in Cardiff, to captain the side against Ghana. "It was a surprise," Barry said. "To find myself not involved at the weekend and then, a few days later, told I'm going to lead the team out at Wembley it sums up how quickly things can change."
Capello's communication skills had been heavily criticised while the furore over the captaincy rumbled on he intends to speak face to face with Ferdinand in the next few weeks although he defended the standard of his English after more than three years as national coach. "I think when I speak with the players they understand everything," he said. " In this job, it's important when you speak with the players. If I need to speak about the economy or other things, I can't. But when you speak about tactics, you don't use a lot of words. I don't have to speak about a lot of different things. Maximum 100 words."
Capello has only 15 months left on his contract but suggested he is continuing to work hard to polish his English "I try to improve every day" and considers Tuesday evening's friendly an opportunity for fringe players to stake their claim for future inclusion. Scott Parker is expected to start on the bench as he struggles with minor calf and shoulder complaints, and Aaron Lennon has returned to Tottenham with a minor hamstring injury. Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Andy Carroll who will play for up to an hour will start in a 4-3-3 system, with Capello having spoken privately to the £35m Liverpool striker to discuss the off-field perils of life in the limelight.
"Look, he's young," said Capello. "Really young. His behaviour now is really, really important. He needs to be careful at every moment. When you play with the England team, at every moment you are the focus of the fans, the newspapers, the photographers, the people that live around him. I spoke with him privately. Not only Andy likes to drink beer. He needs to improve, to drink less."
That advice has not been offered to Jack Wilshere, who should start at Wembley, with Capello stressing that "[Arsène] Wenger will be a good teacher for him".
The crowd at the friendly will be swollen by up to 26,000 Ghana fans, although there is a sense of disappointment that England will be fielding such a skeleton side. "I decided to release the players because they would have played four games in 10 days, which is a lot," said Capello. "For the respect of the players, for the respect for the clubs, I decided these players can go home. Because in this period, if you are tired at the end of the season, it's possible to realise really strong injuries. But this will be interesting for the fans, and for me, to see the value of the players when they play for England here."

Rutashubanyuma · Mar 29, 2011

Fabio Capello's contract change failed to go before the board, admits FA

• Exit clause changed by a handful of executives, not the board
• 'A corporate governance mistake,' admits FA's Alex Horne

Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 March 2011 13.02 BST <li class="history">Article history

The FA has admitted it removed an exit clause from Fabio Capello's contract without discussion with the whole board. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA The Football Association's general secretary, Alex Horne, revealed today that former chairman Lord Triesman failed to discuss changes to Fabio Capello's contract as England's manager with the organisation's whole board. The FA controversially removed an exit clause in Capello's four-year deal shortly before last year's World Cup, a decision Horne admitted should have been referred to the board.
Instead, it was taken by a handful of executives, including Lord Triesman, who was forced to resign as independent chairman soon after following an unrelated tabloid sting.
Horne, who was acting chief executive at the time, told a Department of Culture Media and Sport committee inquiry into football governance: "I'll hold my hands up on behalf of David Triesman and say, in hindsight, it was a whole board decision and should have gone to the whole board. It did not go to the whole board."
Horne refused to identify the other executives involved in the decision but admitted at least some of them were still at the FA.
"I'm not comfortable sitting here naming four or five people," he said. "The decision has been reviewed internally and we hold our hands up to a corporate governance mistake. David was the senior member involved as chairman of the association and clearly felt he had the authority to make that commitment. It was only after he left that the board questioned the decision."
Despite acknowledging the process of amending Capello's contract was inappropriate, Horne insisted those involved came to the right decision, despite England's dismal World Cup display.
"There was a contract through to 2012 for four years," he said. "Within that contract was a clause allowing either party to terminate for an amount of liquidated damages. We were coming under a lot of pressure in the run-up to the World Cup for certainty over whether Fabio was staying or not. There was speculation about clubs coming in for Fabio."
He then added: "Having qualified top of the group very comfortably, facing that uncertainty going into the tournament, it was exactly the right thing to do."
Lord Triesman's successor, David Bernstein, vowed the situation would never be allowed to occur a second time. "While I'm chairman, it won't happen again," he told the same inquiry. "I would ensure that proper governance is in place for those things."

Rutashubanyuma · Mar 29, 2011

Fabio Capello's contract change failed to go before the board, admits FA

Exit clause changed by a handful of executives, not the board
'A corporate governance mistake,' admits FA's Alex Horne

Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 March 2011 13.02 BST <li class="history">Article history

The FA has admitted it removed an exit clause from Fabio Capello's contract without discussion with the whole board. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA The Football Association's general secretary, Alex Horne, revealed today that former chairman Lord Triesman failed to discuss changes to Fabio Capello's contract as England's manager with the organisation's whole board. The FA controversially removed an exit clause in Capello's four-year deal shortly before last year's World Cup, a decision Horne admitted should have been referred to the board.
Instead, it was taken by a handful of executives, including Lord Triesman, who was forced to resign as independent chairman soon after following an unrelated tabloid sting.
Horne, who was acting chief executive at the time, told a Department of Culture Media and Sport committee inquiry into football governance: "I'll hold my hands up on behalf of David Triesman and say, in hindsight, it was a whole board decision and should have gone to the whole board. It did not go to the whole board."
Horne refused to identify the other executives involved in the decision but admitted at least some of them were still at the FA.
"I'm not comfortable sitting here naming four or five people," he said. "The decision has been reviewed internally and we hold our hands up to a corporate governance mistake. David was the senior member involved as chairman of the association and clearly felt he had the authority to make that commitment. It was only after he left that the board questioned the decision."
Despite acknowledging the process of amending Capello's contract was inappropriate, Horne insisted those involved came to the right decision, despite England's dismal World Cup display.
"There was a contract through to 2012 for four years," he said. "Within that contract was a clause allowing either party to terminate for an amount of liquidated damages. We were coming under a lot of pressure in the run-up to the World Cup for certainty over whether Fabio was staying or not. There was speculation about clubs coming in for Fabio."
He then added: "Having qualified top of the group very comfortably, facing that uncertainty going into the tournament, it was exactly the right thing to do."
Lord Triesman's successor, David Bernstein, vowed the situation would never be allowed to occur a second time. "While I'm chairman, it won't happen again," he told the same inquiry. "I would ensure that proper governance is in place for those things."

Rutashubanyuma · Mar 29, 2011

Neymar's love of London gives Chelsea hope of summer move

• Brazil teenager 'dreams' of playing for top European side
• Barcelona scout watched Santos star in Emirates friendly

Ewan Murray
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 March 2011 23.00 BST <li class="history">Article history

Chelsea were quoted £22m the first time they made an approach to sign the 19-year-old Neymar. Photograph: Jamie Mcdonald/Getty Images The Brazil forward Neymar has opened the door on a move to Chelsea by revealing he would relish the chance to play in London. The 19-year-old produced his latest impressive display for his country on Sunday, with the two goals that defeated Scotland at the Emirates Stadium, and has found the net three times in as many international appearances.
Chelsea have made little secret of their interest in the Santos player but have been put off by his price tag. Last summer, they were quoted ¤25m (£22m) for Neymar's services, since when he has signed a new contract.
Yet with Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea owner, thought to be planning his latest spending spree at the end of this season, Neymar has offered the club hope of signing him. Real Madrid and Italian teams have also been linked with him and Barcelona had a scout at Brazil's game against Scotland.
When informed after that match that top European clubs were keeping a close eye on him, Neymar said: "I also want this level of team and I want to play in Europe. It is a dream which will come true but I don't yet know when. It is up to Santos to decide. But here in London I could even walk in peace in the streets."
The final comment suggested the level of scrutiny afforded to his every move at home may be a nuisance to Neymar. "I am more Garrincha than Pelé," the teenager said in response to suggestions that he is already being compared to Brazil's greatest player.
Neymar's international team-mate David Luiz has moved to Chelsea and has encouraged the teenager to do likewise. "I am very happy because I'm at one of the best teams in the world," said the defender. "I would love it if Neymar came to Chelsea. He is going to be one of the best players in the world."
One problem attached to a potential Chelsea move for Neymar relates to his circumstances in Brazil. Santos sold 5% of Neymar's future transfer fees to an investment company before the end of last year. That third-party agreement is banned under Football Association and Premier League rules, meaning it would have to be bought out in full by Chelsea for the player to be allowed to sign. Reports also suggest Santos will sell their other prime asset, Ganso, to Internazionale this summer, lessening any need to cash in on Neymar.
Two of Scotland's Premier League-based contingent have no doubt Neymar would revel in England. Charlie Adam, the Blackpool captain, said: "He's been linked with every top club in the country so it's just a matter of time before he moves. With the quality he's got, he would light up the Premier League." Wigan's Gary Caldwell agreed. "He's an outstanding talent," he said. "His pace and movement caused us a lot of problems in the game.
"I've played against some good players and he has to be right up there with the best. Sometimes young players like that can be immature but he looks like a great talent. He could have the world at his feet."
The police commander for the game at the Emirates has praised the conduct of Scotland supporters. A banana was thrown on to the field and Neymar claimed he was racially abused by the crowd.
"The Scottish fans' behaviour was first class," said Mark Sheeran of the Metropolitan police. "There were no issues at all inside the stadium." Spokespeople for the Tartan Army and Scottish Football Association have strongly denied that Scotland supporters racially abused Neymar.
The striker said he would not lodge a complaint. "No. That's in the past. I go back to Brazil now and have already forgotten about it. If it was [a] Scottish [fan] or if it wasn't, we cannot prove it. It was one isolated case. Life goes on. I hope whoever did it, will think about it, and not do it again. It shouldn't happen anywhere. It doesn't take away my happiness of the performance."

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