Tottenham Hotspur have revealed thay they turned down an offer from Fabio Capello to become their manager, while the Italian has said he himself never contacted the North London club.
Former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello, who was in London yesterday, would love to manage in the English Premier League, and apparently offered his services, through an agent, to Tottenham, whose fragile relationship with incumbent Martin Jol has been dominating the headlines this week.
A spokesman for Spurs said: “The club has been approached by agents of various top coaches.
“I can confirm we were approached by someone claiming to represent Fabio Capello. They were told politely but in no uncertain terms that we did not wish to meet him and that we are not about to change the manager.
“He should be under no illusions about that and we have no idea why he was in London.”
Capello, 61, was sacked by Real Madrid despite leading them to the Spanish championship in June. He was seen leaving a meeting at a hotel near London’s Heathrow Airport.
Capello told The Sun: “I would love to have an experience in England. I have always admired their way of playing football.
“But at this moment in my career it would have to be the right offer, one that would stimulate me.
“Like at Real Madrid for example, I want an English club that is a challenge — to try and win a trophy after many years of failure. I do not enjoy a simple challenge.”
He later revealed he was in London to meet a delegation from the US Soccer Federation.
“I came to London because two weeks ago I agreed to meet the chairman and manager of the US national team who wanted my advice on a number of issues.
“We had lunch for three hours at the Hilton Hotel. I was then approached by Mel Goldberg, who asked if he could talk to me and said he wanted to represent me in England.
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