All you need to know about Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello has been as confirmed as the new England manager. The Italian will begin work in the post on Monday, January 7 and has signed a four-and-a-half year contract that will take him up to Euro 2012.

Capello will also bring an all-Italian backroom staff with him - assistants Franco Baldini and Italo Galbiati, plus goalkeeping coach Franco Tancredi and fitness coach Massimo Neri. There is no English presence within the coaching set-up, although the FA said that Capello is happy for this to change, with Stuart Pearce, the England Under-21 coach, the candidate most likely to become involved.

Capello's standing in the game means that his services come at a price. His estimated £6.5million annual salary dwarfs the amount Sven-Goran Eriksson commanded, although if he delivers what the FA feel he is capable of, it will be money well spent.

Barwick said: "I am delighted that Fabio Capello has agreed to become England manager. When we set out to recruit the new manager, we said we were committed to appointing a world-class candidate. In Fabio Capello we have that man.

"Fabio is a winner. His record over the last two decades speaks for itself. At every club he has managed, Fabio has won the league title and Trevor and I were left in no doubt of his passion and commitment to bring that success to the England team."

Capello will hold a news conference in London on Monday at 1pm. His first match in charge of England will be the friendly international against Switzerland at Wembley on February 6.

The appointment was made after discussions with Brian Barwick, the FA chief executive, and Sir Trevor Brooking, the director of football development, at Wembley on Wednesday. The decision to offer the Italian the job was ratified unanimously by the FA board yesterday.

"Fabio Capello is widely recognised as one of the world's finest coaches," Brooking said. "He has achieved huge success wherever he has worked and has the respect of everyone in football.

"Fabio will have the full support of the FA and its coaching set-up. We are excited about working with him over the coming years as we focus on qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa."

Adrian Bevington, the FA director of communications, insisted Capello is willing to appoint an Englishman within his backroom team.

"Fabio is very, very open and happy to include an English coach - or English coaches - within his staff," he said. "The key point is that is something we don't have to rush into.

"People should not get too hung up on the fact there is no English coach on the staff at the moment."

Capello has vast experience as a coach at the top level of the game. His 16-year managerial career has included spells at AC Milan, Real Madrid, AS Roma and Juventus. He has won nine league titles in Italy and Spain and lifted the European Cup with Milan in 1994.

Capello also enjoyed a successful playing career as a midfielder with Roma, Juventus and Milan and won 32 caps for Italy.

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