Grazie, Signor Capello: After days of dithering by the FA, it takes an Italian family man just 10 minutes to sack captain who shamed England.
It took Fabio Capello just ten minutes to strip John Terry of the England captaincy yesterday.
The Italian family man and strict disciplinarian made it clear he would not be part of the dither and hypocrisy over the disgraced star.
After a fortnight of employing lawyers and aides to cover up his affair with a team-mate's girlfriend, Terry had no intention of resigning.
But within hours of the Daily Mail revealing that Terry's personal box at Wembley was being 'touted out' for £4,000 a match, Capello wielded the axe during a curt meeting lasting less than a football half-time interval.