still looking to include beckham, and maybe as captain, did he not see beckham being sick on the pitch through stress last seasonI thought english football was moving on, so maybe we can bring back bobby charlton ect and have an old pals team

dennis trowbridge, bristol, england

Is he worth as much as 300 Policemen or Teachers ?

derek bevan, hutingdon/cambs, England/UK

I think that the calibre of the English managers who are commenting on this matter - Southgate, Adams, Ince - make this a non-argument. If there was an English candidate who was close to Capello in terms of achievement and pedigree then it might be expedient to choose the English manager; but there is no one even close at the moment.

The best current candidate for the role would have been Harry Rednapp who has done a fantastic job for the last couple of seasons at Portsmouth. But he has not won anything and has not managed any players who couple be described as "world-class". Compare this to Capello whose record speaks for itself. Do we really want another loser (in world-class football management terms) to be in charge of England?

Gazza, Sawbo, Herts

Capello is probably the right man for England, however his character is particular. He just wants to win either by legal means or by illegal ones as he did when he coaches Juventus.
He does not show any attachment to the team he coaches and when his job is over, he could sign a contract with your archrival team. Therefore don't be surprised if Capello will coach Scotland or Argentina in the future.

Alessandro, Rome, Italy

dont know what the fuss is about!!!!! two english managers have won competions since 1984 god howard kendall and steve mcclaren - our successful clubs have been managed by british and continental managers we have truely international flavour of players making our leagues world class - our teams consistently reaching the latter stages of the champions league.

not enough quality english managers - maybe the english players who could of potentially become excellent managers have earnt to much money in their career and their twilight years there is easier money to earnt as a tv pundit explaining why the person who is doing the job should of done it - talking the talk not walking the walk.

food for thought next english manager from these shores when he has his grounding: roy keane!!!!!

con, liverpool,

There are two arguments blindly clashing heads here. Either we install a manager, regardless of nationality, who is capable of achieving the success we crave, or we install an inferior English manager and "develop" through years of non-qualification for tournaments and in-fighting. I may have missed something, but haven't we just had two years under arguably the best English candidate available and suffered for it? Why not have a top foreigner and make sure every Englishman in touching distance studies his every last move? Say we have Capello for 2010 and 2014 WCs and 2012 and 2016 EC, and our bid for the 2018 WC is accepted, then we can get rid of him after 2016 (if he's not gone already) and bring in someone who has worked with him for 10 years to have two years in charge without the pressure of qualification? All assuming that Capello proves worth learning from, of course.

Chris Taylor, Worthing, England

"English soccer virginity is raped by an ITALIAN in the open ... "

Eh? What the heck is Aldo on about? I know it's cold in Canada but not cold enough to send you doolally...

shorehamview, Sunny Sheffield,

I would have preferred an Englishman but Capello is better than anyman but Capello is far better qualifed than any currently available. Let's learn from him and look tio the future. After Sven was appointed there too many people willing to stick the boot in as he was a foreigner and too many jealous whingers moaning about his salary (at least he arned it unlike Maclaren). Sven played against Sweden and was truly professional, anyone who thinks Cappelo will be different against Italy doesn't know the man.

Mark, Newcastle, England

You look for the best person available for the job, nationality is not an issue. We are in Europe, anyone can work anywhere and we are better for it. All those calling for the passion of Big Sam, or Pearce would do well to get to know Capello - a more passionate man for success you will never meet. The comments of Ince, Adams and Southgate are from the stone age, wake up!

Andrew Roberts, Bangkok, Thailand

Aldo, I just hope Capello's english is better than yours.

rod, nottingham,

goody two shoes Gareth who volunteered to take the penalty and then fumblingly maclaren like in its ineptitude missed it.

Big Tone - a reformed ex jailbird who found his place under honest harry

the self styled guvor - an attitude problem nark sacked as a player many times and just starting off in management

next?

jezza, london, uk

How can they justiry paying him 4-6 million a year for playing a maximum of 10 games in a year. Have they gone mad.

He wants his own fitness coach to join the team. These players have fitness coaches coming out of their ears with their regular clubs.

Absolute nonsense. As mentioned before his football is not pretty. Absolute waste. Wrong man for the job Italian or not.

J S Barnesly, Birmingham, West Midlands

Gareth Southgate, Paul Ince and Tony Adams voice "dissapproval" over Capello's appointment?? 16th place in the prem after in inheriting a decent team, no disrespect to Gareth as a person but I have plenty for his professional opinion. Ince's CV consists of avoiding relegation with Macclesfield by cutting out the happy meals in the players' diets, and Adams had one dodgy stint at Wycombe. I'm sorry, but why should we be trusting their judgements now?

Jon, London,

I dont think any manager regardless of nationality can make the english team win a major international cup. Most countries are happy just to qualify, win a few games and enjoy the football. lets face it, Germany Italy, France, Argentina and Brazil are the five teams capable of success but I do think Capello can at least get the English team into the tournaments to start with, after that its in the hands of the football gods.

Robert, Belfast, N.Ireland

And what will actually happen when England play Italy in the World Cup quarters, semis or even the final.? (I know it is hard to imagine we will ever qualify for a major championship again but you never know!)

Chris C, Chiang Mai, Thailand

what a shame that a FOOTBALL superpower which is ENGLAND NATIONAL TEAM , will be coached by an ITALIAN
COACH ..WHAT A SHAME... I have nothing against CAPELLO AND HIS Italian stuff but fancy english pride down to the ground.....NEVER GERMAY..FRANCE ..SPAIN ..
BRAZIL OR ARGENTINA will be coached by a foreign staff.. car a foreigner will leave one day and you have to start from the bottom line in 5 or 6 years.... On the other hand CAPELLO FOOTBALL has never been beautifull to watch and english soccer mentality will never be assimilated by the english palyers... in a couple of months we will hear about an uneasiness in the players to
adapt to CAPELLO rules.... WAIT AND SEE .Meanwhile ,sccer pride has been stabbed in the back and .
english soccer virginity is raped by an ITALIAN in the open ...
i love this game and i want the english football to keep its flavour no matter what the result

aldo, montreal, canada

I just don't understand why everyone is obsessed at the need for an English manager. The nationality of the manager is unimportant as long as he is able to get the best from the English players.
When you consider the English names being thrown in the hat - Alan Curbishley, even Steve Coppell - and look at the general lack of respect from the players towards McLaren does anyone believe any of the other English candidates would fare better? It is all very well for failed or poor coaches like Gareth Southgate or Tony Adams to demand all English staff, but they are not putting forward any credible candidates.

As far as I am concerned, nationality is a complete non-issue with regards to the manager.

Mick, Auckland, NZ

Despite my obvious wish for an Englishman to take the helm of the nation side, I believe that Capello is the man most suited to the job.

It strikes me that the FA has given into so many of his demands simply because we need results on an international level. For too many years the English fans have (rightly) expected more of the national team and they have failed to deliver.

As we have read; Capello is a man who will not give into the over-inflated ego's of the English team and will hopefully be able to turn them into the winning side they deserve to be.

With the extra two years we have as a result of not qualifying for the European Championships Capello will be able to forge a worthy English team.

Stephen Higgins, Sheffield, United Kingdom

An italian who is going to bring hotpants Beckham back into the fold?
Says it all really.

edwina rigby, Blackburn, England

The F A have done it again C for capello , years back it should have been C for Clough, please look for an englishman.

p.hooper, indianapolis , indiana