With Capello signing a 4½-year contract worth a reported $12 million a year and bringing in four Italian assistants, some columnists were angry that the Football Association had not chosen an English coach.

Under the headline "we're outsiders in our country," the Mail's Des Kelly said that Monday's introduction of Capello at a London news conference was "a hideous embarrassment, a farce that demonstrated how pathetic England and its Football Association have become."

The FA has gone for its second foreign coach in three appointments -- McClaren replaced a Swede, Sven-Goran Eriksson. English managers such as Newcastle's Sam Allardyce, West Ham's Alan Curbishley, Reading's Steve Coppell and Portsmouth's Harry Redknapp were overlooked.

The problem with English soccer is that the top clubs are run by non-English coaches. Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is French, Manchester United's Alex Ferguson is a Scot, Chelsea has an Israeli in Avram Grant, Liverpool's Rafa Benitez is Spanish, Manchester City has Eriksson and Everton's David Moyes is Scottish.

Kelly said it appeared pointless for young English coaches to get FA qualifications if they stand little chance of becoming the national team coach.

"Ask yourself what an FA coach is really worth now," he wrote. "What is the point of going through all the exams and training to collect an accolade from this football association when it is clear they hold their own coaches and their own qualifications in such utter contempt?"

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