Fabio Capello has warned his successor Roy Hodgson that he does not have enough time to turn England into Euro 2012 winners next month.

Hodgson was appointed as manager by the FA this week, just five weeks before the tournament starts on June 8.

Capello, who resigned as boss in February, said: 'It's not a normal job. It's difficult to create something in a short space of time. The idea is to create the team spirit and winning mentality in a really short time. It will be hard.

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'And the other thing is that you don't play a lot of games. In nearly every game, you are either in or out.'

Capello knows Hodgson from the latter's spells managing Inter Milan and wished him well for Euro 2012.

He hopes the former Fulham and Liverpool manager can lead England to success  - to vindicate his own work during qualifying for the tournament.

'I've known Roy since he was coaching in Italy and I have met him often in these last few years,' Capello told The Times.

'I believe he is a very good and experienced manager. I wish him all the best for the future and Euro 2012.

'I'm happy with the job I did for England. I hope England will be one of the best teams at the Euros and they can show my job was really good. If things go well, as I hope, people will recognise that I did a good job.'

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