Capello has been unlucky and we’d be mad to get rid of him, says Defoe
ENGLAND striker Jermain Defoe insists the whole squad is unanimously behind manager Fabio Capello after national chiefs decided to spare him the axe.
The Italian has taken much of the blame for a disastrous World Cup campaign and was made to wait while his Club England paymasters weighed up whether to keep him. But Capello has been allowed the chance to make amends at the 2012 European Championships, a decision Defoe firmly supports and is adamant his colleagues will too.
“If you speak to the rest of the players they will all say the same thing, he’s a great manager and his CV speaks for itself,” said Defoe.
“He’s got great ideas and he was just a little bit unlucky I think, but he’s a great manager. On record he is one of the best managers in the world and has been for a number of years so I can’t see why we would want to get rid of someone like that – it doesn’t make sense.”
Capello has hinted he is ready to make radical changes to England’s ageing squad in the run-up to the next major tournament.
But Defoe, 27, hopes he will not be one of the players to make way for new blood.
He added: “This season will be big for a lot of players coming through and hopefully they can get in the squad and get as many caps as possible before the next World Cup. I’ll keep going, keep looking after myself like I do, keep scoring my goals and you never know.”