Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Capello gets tough and other red-hot gossip
England manager Fabio Capello has read the riot act to his squad because he is so furious at the recent off-the-field exploits of some of his players. The gruff Italian has apparently warned his highly paid stars that he will not tolerate any bad or risky behaviour ahead of the World Cup in, and that any player stepping out of line won’t make the trip to South Africa. Elsewhere, West Ham are planning a summer swoop for Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart; Tottenham are set to swoop for Zambia's 16-year-old left back Emmanuel Mbola in a £1m deal from Armenian side Yerevan; and Portsmouth's off-field troubles boiled over on to the training ground on Monday when Jamie O'Hara and Michael Brown were involved in a bust-up following an over-zealous challenge by the latter on the former.