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Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has insisted England will never win a major tournament while Fabio Capello is in charge of the national side.

Italian manager Capello has been under fire since England‘s wretched campaignat this year‘s World Cup in South Africa, where they exited thetournament at the last 16 stage.

”The problem is the manager,” Mourinho told Wednesday‘s Daily Mirror.

”Capello will not work for England,” added Mourinho, who won two English PremierLeague titles while manager of Chelsea and last season guided Italiangiants Inter Milan to a domestic and Champions League treble.

Portuguese boss Mourinho is now in charge of Real Madrid, where Capello was once the manager.

And according to Mourinho, Capello‘s deficiencies are well remembered in the Spanish capital.

”He has a one-track relationship with players,” Mourinho said. ”Ask anyonehere at Real Madrid. He can‘t change. You cannot go around justshouting at players. They need to feel special.

”It is clear. Capello will not work for England. He does not know the players.They are frightened of him and they can‘t play for him.

”For me, it is a mess for England. Players need clear tactics.

”They cannot be confused about what they have to do,” added Mourinho, knownto remain close to several of the Chelsea players in the England squad,including John Terry and Frank Lampard.

”It is the manager‘s fault. And it is a big shame.”

He also slammed Inter successor Rafael Benitez, saying the Spaniard‘sstewardship of Liverpool had seen the north-west club become aprogressively weaker force in the English game.

”It is very difficult for Roy (Hodgson, the new Liverpool manager) to do itwith Liverpool as, over the last few years, they have been gettingworse, worse and worse,” Mourinho said in the Daily Telegraph.

”The Liverpool of 2004 was better than the Liverpool of 2005, 2005 was better than 2006 and 2006 better than 2007.

”And they arrive at a situation now where, but for Jamie Carragher, StevenGerrard, Pepe Reina, Fernando Torres, if his head is there, it is verydifficult for Roy to make Liverpool champions.

”He needs time and it‘s not easy because I don‘t think they went in the right direction.”