Euro 2012 - Paper Round: Capello ready to quit now

Tue, 07 Feb 08:52:00 2012

The papers are still having a field day over what happens next in the England captaincy scandal after Fabio Capello said at the weekend he completely disagreed with the decision to strip John Terry of the role.

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There are a few different sub-plots running through the papers with the Mirror's take being the most dramatic as their back page screams: "Capello's ready to quit" with the rather cheeky addition of "(well, no one's going to stop you, Fabio)."

In an exclusive written by John Cross, the paper claims: "Capello is so frustrated with the Football Association over the John Terry fiasco that he could go even before the European Championship Finals.

"And Capello is also facing a dressing room backlash as his unerring support for Terry as captain has upset some players and is in danger of causing a serious rift."

The Daily Express leads their sports coverage with the latter of those two points as they claim that "Fabio's Facing Revolt" in their backpage exclusive credited to Matt Law and Paul Joyce.

An unnamed 'source close to the England dressing room' told them: "Fabio Capello has demonstrated he has no empathy with his players. There are a lot of opinions in the squad about the situation regarding John Terry, but they have been kept private.

"For Capello to go public makes the whole thing worse and opens up a new can of worms. There is a strong feeling he should have kept his mouth shut.”

Finally, the Times believe that there is at least one person happy with Capello's unwavering support for Terry, and that unsurprisingly is Terry himself.

"Terry rules out quitting after support from Capello" runs their backpage story as they report that Terry will make himself available for selection for the European Championship despite having lost the captaincy.

"(Terry) has decided against retirement from international football immediately. Instead, he will wait to find if he is named in Capello's squad for the friendly against Holland this month before confirming his next move," the paper says.

Capello is expected to select Terry for the Dutch clash if the Chelsea defender recovers from the knee injury that saw him miss Chelsea's 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

In non-Terry/non-Luis Suarez news (covered elsewhere on the site), Arsene Wenger has admitted his admiration for Lille’s £30m-rated Eden Hazard - but the Arsenal boss says he is under pressure each season to make between £15m and £20m in profit on transfers, in news that may not go down well with Arsenal fans. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United will trigger a one-year extension in Dimitar Berbatov's contract - ending any hopes of a quick getaway for the Bulgarian. (The Sun)

Tottenham are ready to go head to head with Arsenal for Nottingham Forest’s promising teenage defender Jamaal Lascelles. (Daily Mail)

Neil Warnock will meet QPR chiefs on Tuesday in an attempt to resolve a bitter £1 million pay dispute with the strugglers. Warnock is still being paid by Rangers and cannot work again until his dispute has been resolved. (Daily Mail)

Wolves have joined the chase for Huddersfield goal machine Jordan Rhodes. Mick McCarthy sent scouts to check on the prolific hitman in Saturday’s draw with MK Dons. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham are ready to send out-of-favour Frederic Piquionne to lowly Doncaster Rovers on loan for the rest of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn see Olhanense ace Andre Pinto as Chris Samba's replacement. Centre-back Samba wants to leave Ewood Park this summer and Portugal U21 centre-back Pinto will cost Rovers around £1.5million. (The Sun)

West Ham are ready to send out-of-favour Frederic Piquionne to lowly Doncaster Rovers on loan for the rest of the season. (Daily Mirror)

And finally, Brighton boss Gus Poyet wants to sign West Brom's Republic of Ireland striker Simon Cox on loan.

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  1. sooner the Italian spy goes the better for English­­ football......people forget he is Italian and has no­­ interest in English football other than the money he­ gets. If­ he was that good he would be the­ Italy's­ manager.
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    From Ups.u, on Thu 9 Feb 1:52

  2. Top !0 w ankas in football:
    1.NOB RAT Barton.
    2.Wayward­ Plebb the ref.
    3.Capello.
    4.Sven.
    5.Anton Ferdi the­ deaf grass.
    6.Anton's gobby brother.
    7.Lee Dixon­ re. Balotelli 'off-balance' while trying to­ kill Parker!
    8.Arse Whinger.
    9.All F.A. panel­ 'members'.
    10.Gary tash Neville.

    From David, on Wed 8 Feb 12:52

  3. 1. Not a JT fan but Anton F is a deaf grass-FACT.­ (Nothing worse?!).
    2. JT said 'blind­ c***'.-FACT.
    3. Capello foreign & overpaid, spy­ for Iti's.
    4. Redknapp's status now­ questionable?
    5. O'Neil for manager.

    From David, on Wed 8 Feb 12:09

  4. Anyone else reckon Capello was the geezer in the bins­ being chased driving the Dodge Charger in Bullitt???

    From David, on Wed 8 Feb 11:59

  5. 1. JT innocent until proven guilty. Although I­ can't help but think he is guilty but he must have­ some sort of defence to deny it.
    2. The only reason­ Capello's nationality is an issue is because he­ hasn't won anything. I personally can't think­ of an English manager that I believe would emerge­ victorious from the last world cup or even get into the­ semi's with the players available (The ones that­ went to south africa and the ones that stayed at home).­ If we won something we wouldn't care if he was­ german.
    3. The FA are a bunch of morons that don't­ know how to run an organisation.
    4. The English press­ will never allow us to win anything. The whole country­ needs to pull in the same direction. Print the rubbish­ in July - afterwards. The JT story is easy reporting­ with no real talented journalism anywhere. It­ doesn't help when you have ex players like Paul­ Parker, so clearly biased, printing more rubbish.

    From Chris, on Wed 8 Feb 4:31

  6. bairn-braindead

    From Den, on Wed 8 Feb 4:30

  7. bairn-braindead

    From Den, on Wed 8 Feb 4:30

  8. bairn-braindead

    From Den, on Wed 8 Feb 4:30

  9. bairn-braindead

    From Den, on Wed 8 Feb 4:30

  10. bairn-braindead

    From Den, on Wed 8 Feb 4:30

  11. not a fan of capo or terry but aleast he knows inosent­ until proven guilty

    From Roy Waite, on Wed 8 Feb 3:46

  12. But Redknap's a f..cking yid..!

    From Ali Waki, on Wed 8 Feb 3:43

  13. i just like to say a big thank you to theFA and the­ news papers for killing any hope of england winning the­ euro champ this year with everything going on with john­ terry the england side will be very low i dont expected­ them to play very well and i think they will find it­ hard to win a match the john terry thing should have­ been delt with one way or another like many of you i­ surrport my country 100% but the papers and the F A­ have killed any chance we had like it said innocence­ untill proven guilty i am not a racists but the players­ will be wearing mics on they shirts to make shore they­ are not slagging each orther off what is this world­ comin to BETTER STILL DONT SEND A TEAM THEN NOBODY­ GETS BLAMED

    From Steve, on Wed 8 Feb 3:41

  14. Redknap for manager who's ever heard of an italian­ managing the english national side

    From nick, on Wed 8 Feb 3:25

  15. As soon as our "Arry's trial, is over kick­ Capello out. "Arry can still manage England while­ in the 'nick.
    A racist Captain and a Tax dodging­ manager. What could be better?
    Oh, sorry neither been­ found guilty yet.

    From John B, on Wed 8 Feb 3:20

  16. @ Robert N but then they would never win anything

    From karl, on Wed 8 Feb 3:16

  17. This whole sorry saga has been caused by the inept­ FA.
    Within days of the story starting the inept FA­ should have interviewed Terry and Ferdinand and had it­ sorted with in day.
    Instead it has run as long as­ Coronation street. Causing havoc among not just English­ football but English sport in general. In every sport­ now the media will be looking for any racial slur.
    The­ inept FA were wrong in not including Capello,­ regardless of what his contract says, in the­ discussions whether Terry should stay as England­ captain.
    So as I don't get locked up for being­ racist what can I call someone from an Ethnic African­ background.

    From John B, on Wed 8 Feb 3:16

  18. Im not a football fan but English team should be Have­ English manager and coach.

    From Robert N, on Wed 8 Feb 2:37

  19. rags ramping it up, theres not a country out there whos­ rags try to destabilise its national team just to make­ money like this countrys. an you f***** idiots who­ pay for this tripe deserve a kick in the head to knock­ some sence in to ya

    From Charles Chaps, on Wed 8 Feb 2:36

  20. the quicker the better,plus he can take his "bum­ boy" with him !!!!!!

    From BRUCE, on Wed 8 Feb 2:14
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