England coach Fabio Capello plans to have learnt how to speak English within a month - so he can grill his new charges over their failures.The Italian, unveiled by the FA on Monday and who currently speaks only basic English, is confident of being able to improve his knowledge of the language before his first game in charge against Switzerland in February.

"I'm convinced that, in one month, when the national squad will meet for the first time under me, I will be able to speak the language," he said.

"I believe that it's very important to be able to communicate with the players and, for sure, I will undertake a really strict routine for myself.

"I will apply myself every day and I want to learn the language in time to meet the players next month."

Capello will ask his players why they feel England have underachieved in recent years.

"I'm going to try to understand what's happened by talking to the players and I believe that wearing the England shirt should be a matter of pride and I want to see all players play for England like they do for their clubs."

Capello insisted his multi-million pound contract meant less to him than being successful.

"Money is really a secondary issue. It's important but obviously secondary," he said. "The main issue we have to deal with is the results."

Capello was asked about his position as a foreign manager of the England team.

"This was the choice of the FA, not mine," he said. "I was obviously one of the candidates but the decision did not come down to me."

The Italian also insisted it was his desire to see an Englishman appointed within his coaching team.

"I always asked for an English coach to be integrated into the staff, just like I have done at every place I have worked. I think it is vital to have someone who understands the national football and language.

"It's important to have somebody within the environment who understands the football."

Asked about the style of football England are likely to play under his guidance, Capello said: "First, I have to watch all of the England games from the last qualification campaign.

"I believe the style will depend largely on the players available to me."

Capello insisted there would be a need for England's tactics to be "flexible" depending on the players available to him and the match situation, but was adamant that a strict disciplinarian approach could not work in international management.

"A strict style of coaching is something you can only apply if you are in contact with players on a daily basis. I am going to have to learn the habits of each individual initially."

Asked why he had never signed an English player as a club manager, Capello responded: "When I was a scout I brought Ray Wilkins and Mark Hateley to AC Milan and I worked with David Beckham at Real Madrid."

Barwick was pressed further on what the FA planned to do to ensure there were realistic English candidates to succeed Capello as national team boss at the end of his term.

He said: "We have talked about root and branch (reform) and there has been some scepticism about whether we'll see that through and whether it was just a smokescreen. It wasn't.

"The FA's strategic review will be published in March 2008 and it will take us through the next five years. A direct part of it will be to work out how we take the England situation forward in a positive way.

"One of the ways is to make sure Fabio's skills, as Trevor said, are sucked out of him in terms of getting us to be a winning team and make sure we use his great skills across our whole coaching framework.

"We also want to make sure the structure Trevor is

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