Capello Resigns As a New Idol Is Craved.

Fabio Capello, yesterday resigned as England’s national team manager leaving the F.A with a gaping hole to fill before this summer’s European championships and England’s upcoming friendly match against Holland at the end of the month.

The legacy Capello has left and his overall impact he has made, upon improving the state of the nation’s footballing affairs could certainly be deemed questionable. Appointed in the wake of the disastrous reign of Steve Mclaren, Capello brought new hope to a country disillusioned after England’s spectacular failure to qualify for Euro 2008. His background and C.V could not be argued against. His achievements in the field of management are first class. Wherever he has managed trophies and titles have swiftly followed, the former Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma and AC Milan boss walked into the job complete with a glittering career that boasted nine top-flight titles in two countries and a European Cup. His suitability to becoming a manager of a national side was never likely to result in a harmonious fit. Simply, his qualities didn’t fit the part time role he put himself in for strict, disciplined and old school in his methods. He was exactly what the nation wanted after Mclaren’s reign of tracksuits and ill-discipline. He was in short the ‘safe’ option the people wanted.

 A promising start was made to his career as England’s figurehead as England topped their qualifying group during the World Cup group stages. Positive press surrounded the Italian, with hope that England would conquer past found flaws and bring home the trophy the nation craved more than forty years since the last. The disappointment and anger that followed after a World Cup campaign that brought home not a trophy; but just how far England’s team was behind other countries, was hard to take for the nation credited with the honour as the founders of the ‘beautiful game’.

Capello, will walk away from his duties; reputation slightly dented, his pockets heavier than ever before (his six million pound salary a year will see to that) with the evidence suggesting that ignoring all the flaws found and rightly pointed at him throughout his reign. His win percentage of 66.7% stands up against his predecessors quite comfortably and is in fact the most successful England manager of all time.

This leaves the football association wondering who to turn to next, odds on favourite Harry Redknapp, seems the likely choice and would certainly fit the new found hypothesis that an England manager needs to be just as much a psychologist as a tactician. Redknapp is resounded as a man who gets every last inch from his players.

The Nation Waits.