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Former FA chairman Lord Triesman believes current regime were right to accept Fabio Capello resignation
The former FA chairman believed it was impossible not to accept his resignation after the disagreement over the sacking of Chelsea defender John Terry as captain
9 Feb 2012 21:36:00
By Michael Lightfoot
Former FA chairman Lord Triesman believes the governing body would have found it hard to turn down Fabio Capello's offer of resignation.
Triesman, who was made chairman not long after Capello was named England boss, leaving two years later, says it was always going to be hard for the Italian to stay in the job after he decided he wanted to leave.
He told Sky Sports News: "It was always going to be difficult to put it back together again.
"Those who were involved in the discussions would know just how difficult, but from the outside it does look like it would have been very difficult to make it work.
"With somebody as clear-cut and determined as Fabio Capello, if he says he's going to resign, the idea of saying 'I'm not going to accept it' and then working with someone who really doesn't want to be there as manager would be impossible.
Triesman, who was made chairman not long after Capello was named England boss, leaving two years later, says it was always going to be hard for the Italian to stay in the job after he decided he wanted to leave.
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He told Sky Sports News: "It was always going to be difficult to put it back together again.
"Those who were involved in the discussions would know just how difficult, but from the outside it does look like it would have been very difficult to make it work.
"With somebody as clear-cut and determined as Fabio Capello, if he says he's going to resign, the idea of saying 'I'm not going to accept it' and then working with someone who really doesn't want to be there as manager would be impossible.
"It doesn't make it any more comfortable for everybody but I think it had become a fait accompli.
"It's very sad that it's come to an end in the way that it has."
Triesman agreed with the current FA regime's decision to relieve Chelsea defender John Terry of his captaincy duties but felt they should have done so sooner.
He continued: "I don't think in this modern day and age it was conceivable that the FA could have done anything else.
"My own view was that when the charges were first made against John Terry, the decision should probably have been made at that point.
"When there is a criminal charge of that kind, there cannot be a supposition of guilt, but I don't think you can just carry on as though nothing has happened."
However, Triesman has insisted that Capello's reign has brought the foundations to a new way of playing football and that whoever takes over needs to build on that.
He said: "What I do think Fabio Capello brought to English football was a continental understanding of the skills and qualities you need alongside English passion to be able to compete with the great continental footballing nations.
"We haven't got there yet, that's clear.
"But some of those basic points - skill, individual flair, the ability to keep the ball, hold the ball, use it rather than punt it over the midfield - some of those are changes that Fabio Capello has helped instil in our national side and I think that will be a basis - I say no more than that - but that will be a basis for the future."
The former FA chairman, a Tottenham fan, added that he is tipping Harry Redknapp to replace Capello.
He said: "He's an exceptional manager. Of course he would make a very fine [England] manager. He'll go through a proper process at the FA.
"I think he would make a very fine manager but I would have a slightly heavy heart that he wouldn't be at Spurs."
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