England´s Capello will not tolerate bad behaviour

England manager Fabio Capello warned his World Cup squad Tuesday that players with high-profile personal problems could be left behind.

Capello, who stripped John Terry of the England captaincy earlier this month over a private affair that snowballed into a tabloid scandal, said he planned to talk to the players about the matter prior to the event.

“The players have to understand what I want,” he said “If they want to stay in the squad then they will have to listen. I need to create a group feeling in the squad and the most important part is that we speak about it before.”

Capello was among a group of World Cup coaches visiting South Africa just over 100 days before the June 11-July 11 World Cup starts.

He toured Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus near Rustenburg, which has been confirmed as the England training camp.

Media reports have been critical of the camp, saying that construction work on the hotel was behind schedule, pitches were sub-standard and infrastructure poor.

But Capello said that he was pleased with the progress that had been made since a previous visit.

“Surprisingly the level of the pitches had improved because when we stayed here the last time they were terrible,” he said.

“The first pitches are okay but the ones behind the hotel need some work. We decided to bring English people over to try and improve them and that seems to have worked.”

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke promised the England training camp would be completed in time and would be up to FIFA standards.

“I’m not trying to defend it but at least they will be able to stay there – everything is working there already,” he said. “If the road to the hotel is not great then so what?

“At this stage, we cannot play at Soccer City (the main World Cup stadium) because it is not ready – we have 108 days to go and even if we have to stay awake all day and night to make sure it is.”

Hosts South Africa are still looking for a training camp, much to the frustration of coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.

“When I came here no one told me that there wasn’t going a base camp,” said the Brazilian.

“The logistics were not implemented at where we were meant to stay and normally as World Cup hosts we should have the best place available. If you ask me where it went wrong, I can’t tell you.”

Nineteen of the 32 World Cup coaches have been at Sun City for two days to discuss arrangements for the tournament. Chief Executive of the Local Organising Committee Danny Jordaan promised them a successful tournament.

“All of the stadiums are complete, notwithstanding speculation that they would not be ready. They are simply the best in the world. We’re still on track to deliver a wonderful World Cup.”

However Valcke admitted that tickets remain unsold. He said that FIFA was looking at ways to sell more tickets in the cheapest category.

“The situation in the world is difficult and the prices are starting to come down.” he said. “But we will not be giving any complimentary tickets away for free. The campaigns are working well and we are trying our best to bring people to South Africa.”