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The English FA appear to be listening to public opinion and aiming high as they seek to replace Steve McClaren as the next England manager.
There has been a clamour for the next England boss to be someone experienced on the world stage, and with a proven track record as a winner - even though those criteria appear to exclude any Englishmen.
Capello and Mourinho had emerged as the two outstanding available candidates, and the Independent newspaper reports that the FA have responded to their declarations of interest in the post.
The meeting with Don Fabio has already taken place.
The 61-year-old Italian held talks with the FA in Milan last Friday at which he outlined his vision for the job and identified the people he would want on his staff.
Those people would include Franco Baldini, his long-standing assistant, and possibly former Chelsea hero Gianfranco Zola - the latter to help compensate for the fact that Capello himself is not a fluent English speaker (although his English is considerably better than most English people's grasp of Italian!).
Following the meeting with Capello, says The Independent, FA chief executive Brian Barwick contacted Mourinho's agent, Jorge Mendes, and held initial talks with him.
Sources close to Mourinho have told the newspaper that Chelsea's former Special One - who won five major trophies for the Blues in three seasons - flew to England on Thursday night at Barwick's invitation.
However, other sources say Mourinho is still in Portugal, in his home town of Setubal.
Nevertheless it seems certain that Mourinho will be interviewed by Barwick sooner or later, even though the Portuguese tactician would not come cheap. A salary in excess of £5million per year has been mentioned, although if Mourinho could bring success to the England national team, many would consider his services cheap at the price.
News that the FA has already moved to talk to Capello and Mourinho underlines the fact that they are trying to fill the vacancy quickly - possibly before Christmas.
England's next fixture is at home to Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland on 6th February.
There are others on Barwick's list of possible candidates. They include former Germany manager Jurgen Klinsmann, familiar with English football and apparently willing to move from California; and Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, despite the fact that the Ulsterman has said he does not want to be considered.
The Independent suggests that Capello was interviewed not only because of his impressive record, but also because he has been publicly very enthusiastic (and diplomatic) about wanting the job, which he has described as a "beautiful challenge".
Capello, sacked by Real Madrid at the end of last season despite winning the Spanish title for them for a second time, has won league titles with every club he has coached.
Those clubs include - in addition to Real - AC Milan, where he won four Scudettos and one European Cup; Juventus and Roma. He also played for those three Italian clubs between 1967 and 1979.
He is the only coach in Italian footbsall history to have won the championship with three different Italian clubs. And he is also a former Italian international, who famously scored the only goal for Italy against England at Wembley in 1973, a game the Azzurri won 1-0.
Writing in his column in the Spanish sports daily newspaper, Marca, Capello recently described England's problems as more "psychological" than "technical," and said the players suffered from a "mental block" when it came to appearing for their country. Clearly he believes he can successfully address these issues.
Once Brawick makes a recommendation, it will go before the 10 people on the main FA board for ratification. They are next due to meet on 19th December.
The consultation process conducted by Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking has embraced talks with England players John Terry and Steven Gerrard; the Premier League's two most successful managers, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger; former England managers Sir Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor and Glenn Hoddle; Sir Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, John Toshack and Roy Hodgson.

Fabio Capello's Honours as a manager:
AC Milan (1991-96 and 1997-98)
Serie A 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996;
Italian Super Cup 1992, 1993, 1994;
Champions League 1994;
European Super Cup 1994.

Real Madrid (1996-97 and 2006-07)
La Liga 1997, 2007
Roma (1999-2004)
Serie A 2001;
Italian Super Cup 2001
Juventus (2004-06)
Serie A 2005, 2006 (though Juve were stripped of both titles following the Calciopoli scandal)


source:goal.com