Jet-Setter Capello Ready for Take-Off ; England's New Head Coach Is Hooked On the High Life, Whether Taking a Stressful Job in Football or Dreaming of Flying a Plane, Reports Michael Hart
Evening Standard - London › December 17, 2007
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IT WON'T surprise anyone that Fabio Capello has always had ambitions to look down on the world as a high flier. But while most managers are driven by the dream of lifting the Champions League trophy or the big prizes in domestic football the Italian, who today officially takes over as England manager, has a passionate desire to pilot a fighter plane.
"I've always enjoyed the sensation of flying and my passion in life has been to become a pilot," he said. "The tops for me would be to land a fighter plane on an aircraft carrier. There you go lots of adrenalin." The 61-year-old Italian (right) is hooked on adrenalin and the buzz he gets from football. A decade ago he gave himself a year off but the absence of pressure in his life made him miserable. "For me to be happy I need stress," he said.See the full content of this document
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Jet-Setter Capello Ready for Take-Off ; England's New Head Coach Is Hooked On the High Life, Whether Taking a Stressful Job in Football or Dreaming of Flying a Plane, Reports Michael Hart
He will get plenty of that in the next four years as he attempts to rebuild England's reputation from the rubble and disappointment of the Steve McClaren era.
A family man of sound principles, designer suits, spectacles and love of art conceals a Latin temperament that occasionally rages uncontrollably in the dug-out. He is not a man to suffer fools, egotists, trouble...See the full content of this document
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