Fab Choice, Now Lavish Fa Have to Make Sure It Pays Off

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THE verdict on Fabio Capello is easy: right man, wrong money. It's like buying a Christmas present you really want for three times what it's worth. Most of us wouldn't do it but, then, we're spending our own money. Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick, on the other hand, was on a Rake's Progress with ours.

His answer at Monday's press conference was a masterpiece of insouciance but seeing as the FA's income over the next five years could be Pounds 1billion, what the heck. On that basis, why not give him Pounds 50million a year then Brian and you'd still be in profit. As Groucho Marx almost said: "Ten million here, ten million there and soon you'll be talking real money." Capello is a good choice, but so too would have been another golden oldie, Marcello Lippi, who led Italy to glory at the last World Cup. So why not play one off against the other in order to negotiate a better value-for-money package.

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Fab Choice, Now Lavish Fa Have to Make Sure It Pays Off

I suspect, in the vernacular, Brian couldn't be bothered. Too much like ha...

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