In training: Capello puts the England squad through their paces ahead of the Ghana clash

'This is a question for the chairman who chose me, not a question for me,' he said. 'Every time a club or a different national team decides to choose a manager, they decide to speak with a lot of managers. It's normal. It's not different.'

Capello's mood soon changed, however, and would not have been helped by reports in Italy last night linking his trusted assistant, Franco Baldini, with a move back to Roma.

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