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No identity crisis at London Colney. Fabio Capello, the foreigner-in-chief at the heart of England's World Cup campaign, appeared untouched by the debate surrounding the alien takeover of our national game. By Kevin Garside, Chief Sports Writer New era: Fabio Capello has said his squad are strong and at the best level he has seen Photo: AP Though by no means fluent in the language or mores of this country, England's foremost Italian appeared content with arrangements and had little difficulty identifying the respective elements of his squad from Arsenal, Manchester, Chelsea, or wherever. American ownership of Liverpool has not thus far corrupted the Scouse in Steven Gerrard. Maybe Michel Platini's Italian years, taking the lire as a player at Juventus, warped his essential Frenchness sufficiently to prompt his concerns this... [read full story]
