FABIO CAPELLO has dropped a bombshell on the 30 England players he will name in his provisional World Cup squad today by revealing those who make the final cut will face public trial.
Fabio Capello has devised a system to measure performance
Gareth Barry will miss out because of the ankle injury he suffered last week, while Joe Cole was last night sweating on his place and in danger of being omitted as Fabio Capello seems to be favouring Owen Hargreaves. Fitness checks were being made on Bobby Zamora.
Ahead of finalising the initial squad, the England manager yesterday launched the Capello Index, a new formula he has devised for rating player performance on the internet.
But Capello has risked upsetting his squad by saying their index ratings will be available to the public just two hours after each game in South Africa. Despite the potential
fallout, Capello insists he has not scored an own-goal and believes the
index could be a useful analysis tool for him to use during the
tournament.
He also dismissed allegations he is
simply cashing in on his own success with the national team by claiming
he has not made any money up front from the commercial venture.
But Capello has risked upsetting his squad by saying their index ratings will be available to the public just two hours after each game in South Africa
“It is good for the fans and for me,” said Capello. “The players don’t know about it, but I don’t see it as a problem.
“It
will be easy to speak with them about their performances. I can say,
‘Look, your index is no good and you have to train more’. This is not
about money.”
Using the Capello Index, which
currently takes into account only the performances of the top six
Premier League clubs, the best English players recently have been
Ledley King, Michael Dawson, Sol Campbell, Gary Neville, Frank Lampard,
Paul Scholes, Joe Cole, Barry, Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney.
Capello insisted he has not consulted the index to pick his World Cup squad.
“It
is important when I select players it is not only for performance,” he
said. “Some are really good on the pitch yet not so good with the
national team. It is for me to decide who stays for the World Cup.”
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