Fabio Capello is preparing to change his winning team's style of play in a bid to stop Gareth Bale at Wembley on Tuesday night.

The England manager said: 'Gareth Bale is a really important player for Wales. The problem is that it's difficult to stop him. He receives the ball, attacks the space, is fast - he's really fantastic. I need to decide but we probably will change the style. The position of some players on the pitch will be different.'

Capello said there could also be a change in personnel, almost certainly with the Tottenham winger in mind.

Bale missed the Euro 2012 qualifier in Cardiff last March through injury but Capello said: 'I watched the game on Friday (when Wales beat Montenegro 2-1) and he played really well. I saw the game he played against Manchester City and he was so-so, not the top.

'But in the game he played with Wales he improved a lot. He ran a lot, was really fast. He makes a difference, always. We need to be careful at every moment when he receives the ball, find a system to stop him and to stop people passing the ball to him.'

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