Football Corner

It has been confirmed tonight that Fabio Capello will be the man to lead England into the World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign. It comes after weeks of speculation as to who would take over from Steve McClaren with many names popping up throughout this time.

Names like Jose Mourinho, Martin O'Neill, Steve Coppell, Harry Redknapp etc; have all been linked with the job but it has now been confirmed Cappello has been handed the job.

Cappello has managed many top European clubs including Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus and with all clubs he has proved to be a big success. Although a lot of people are happy and optimistic with the appointment a few senior figures in football have expressed their concerns at the appointment.

Tony Adams, Paul Ince and Steve Coppell to name few have all expressed their dissatisfaction at the appointment largely because they felt the England manager should be English and I would tend to agree with them.

There is no doubting his ability as a coach. He's class, but I just feel the FA maybe should of went for an Englishman, someone like Harry Redknapp or even Steve Coppell. Sven Goran Eriksson, the first ever foreigner to manager England today told of his admiration of Cappello.

"I have known Fabio Capello for many years, I was his opponent in Serie A for 10 years," said the Swede, who was coach of Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria."He is a very good man and manager. His record speaks very clear. He has won titles in Italy. "Capello is one of the best managers you can find."

Many people feel the language barrier may be a problem for Cappello but I don't think that will be too big of a problem. It has been no secret in recent days that Cappello was close to signing and the result in the recent poll was pretty conclusive.

Cappello received nearly two thirds of the vote, finishing miles ahead of joint second place, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klinsman. One thing that strikes me from the poll is that you, the readers, don't seem concerned at all about the nationality of your manager.

Harry Redknapp finished in fourth in the poll just ahead of "other". So will Cappello be a success as England manager and will he finally get the best out of the under performing players? What do you think?