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Fabio Capello has given his backing to Roy Hodgson while at the same time warning that things won't be easy for both England and Hodgson in the European Championships this summer. Capello has also said that he would be interested in managing a Premier League club some time soon. "England would be very interesting for me because I know the teams and players very well," the 65-year-old told The Times. "I want to manage a team that wants to win something, if possible. It has to be interesting based on the value of the team, not money. I don't work for money," added Capello, who earned £6m a year to manage England for 10 games a season. "I want to manage a team that is able to play in the Champions League and to fight for lots of trophies."
John Mullins has emailed to say: Will Chelsea win the FA Cup Champions League finals and do you think Di Matteo will get the job full time?" The answers, in my opinion, are Yes, No and No.
My colleague Ian McCourt is an avid reader of the Birmingham Mail and has sent me their video of the aforementioned incident which has led to three Aston Villa players (James Collins, Fabian Delph and James Herd) being called to the crusty old dean's office and asked to explain their actions following the Villa Player of the Year awards on Monday night. You can watch the video here. The real surprise, of course, is that Aston Villa even have a player of the year. Only slightly less surprising is that its Stephen Ireland.
Kevin McCarra has filed some thoughts on the Cup final and in particular its rather bizarre scheduling at 5:15pm on Saturday evening: "All the hand-wringing about the FA Cup has become an FA Cup tradition in itself. It's worse than ever this year when the final risks looking like an appetiser for the United and City games on Sunday that will go far to settling the outcome of the Premier League. Surely the FA Cup could be given some breathing space, with no major match on the Sunday. Or is that unacceptable to the broadcasters?" Thoughts anyone?
Ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea, Stewart Downing has fought back on behalf of the players who arrived at Anfield last summer from the criticism they have received for much of this season. "It's someone's opinion [that new players haven't delivered]," Downing said. "Others might take it hard, but it doesn't bother me. It's easy to look at the table and think just because it's not gone well in the league that it's the new players' fault. But that happens at every club. There are more than four or five players in a squad and we have all not done it, not just the new ones. It's as a team. Sometimes the new ones haven't played and we have lost games. It's a building process, it takes time, it's not overnight." So who will Kenny Dalglish start in the Cup final? Will he gives the likes of Downing and Carroll the chance to make a statement on the big stage? Will he give Jamie Carragher (potentially) one last hurrah in a Wembley final? Have your say below the line or stick it in an email to the address above?
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Arsenal and the 23-year-old has announced that he will decide on his future after the German Cup final on 12 May. "I have not yet decided what I will do," Kagawa, who has scored 13 league goal this season, told Bild newspaper in response to a question whether he would be playing in the Bundesliga or the Premier League next season. "The earliest I will discuss my future after a lot of thought with my agent will be after the German Cup final."
Here are the fixtures you can look forward to this weekend in England.
FRIDAY
Championship play-off semi-final
Blackpool v Birmingham City 19:45
SATURDAY
Premier League
Arsenal v Norwich City 12:45
FA Cup Final
Chelsea v Liverpool 17:15
League One (3pm kick-offs)
Bournemouth v Preston North End
Charlton Athletic v Hartlepool United
Chesterfield v Brentford
Exeter City v Sheffield United
Huddersfield Town v Yeovil Town
Leyton Orient v Rochdale
MK Dons v Walsall
Notts County v Colchester United
Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United
Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe Wanderers
Stevenage Borough v Bury
Tranmere Rovers v Scunthorpe United
League Two (3pm kick-offs)
AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town
Accrington Stanley v Crawley Town
Bradford City v Swindon Town
Burton Albion v Barnet
Crewe Alexandra v Aldershot Town
Dagenham & Redbridge v Bristol Rovers
Gillingham v Morecambe
Hereford United v Torquay United
Plymouth Argyle v Cheltenham Town
Port Vale v Oxford United
Rotherham United v Northampton Town
Southend United v Macclesfield Town
SUNDAY
Premier League
Newcastle United v Manchester City 13:30
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur 14:00
Bolton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion 14:00
Fulham v Sunderland 14:00
Queens Park Rangers v Stoke Cit 14:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton 14:00
Manchester United v Swansea City 16:00
Roy Hodgson has no new problems – apart from the fact that he's now England manager – ahead of his penultimate game in charge of West Brom at Bolton on Sunday. James Morrison has resumed training after recovering from his knee injury while Shane Long picked up a knock during the goalless draw with Aston Villa last weekend but should be available. Meanwhile Wayne Rooney's overhead kick against Manchester City last season has been voted the greatest goal in the 20 years of the Premier League. Do you agree? Have your say here.
Good morning and welcome to this week's Friday rolling football news blog, your one-stop shop for all that will happen in football today. On any other day of the week, we make you wait on tenterhooks (whatever they are) for the news to appear on our football homepage but on a Friday we give it to you straight, breaking news-style, right here, as it happens, instantly (sort of).
And the news has been happening this morning, make no mistake about that. Aston Villa have disciplined James Collins, Fabien Delph and Chris Herd for their part in a nightclub fracas during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Read the full story here. Liverpool are interested in signing Clint Dempsey from Fulham. That, and other transfer rumours, right here. And James Richardson has been once again been putting all those language lessons to good use by perusing the European papers for our benefit and you can see the results in the video above.
We'll also be looking ahead to the FA Cup final and a crucial weekend in the Premier League as Manchester City travel to Newcastle on Sunday in what is their biggest game in 40 years. Or since Monday, depending on who you believe. But we all really know that the biggest games of the weekend are in League Two where Barnet travel to Burton Albion knowing a will will ensure they remain in the Football League. Any thing less coupled with a Hereford victory at home to Torquay and they will drop into the conference. High stakes. You can read all about it here.
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