Capello facing sack as Russia manager

MOSCOW: Under-fire Fabio Capello’s reign as Russia manager looks doomed after the country’s sports minister said a decision on the Italian’s future had already been taken.
“There’s no secret, we’ve already taken certain decisions (about Capello’s fate),” ITAR-TASS news agency quoted minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Wednesday.
“All the questions concerning national team management will be settled before the end of the month,” the minister said.
Ex-England manager Capello — reputed to be the highest paid international coach — has come under increasing pressure following a dismal run of results in Russia’s Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
The R-sport agency quoted an unnamed football union source as saying that the official announcement of Capello’s departure will be made once the two sides hammer out the vast sum it will likely cost to buy him out of his contract.
“The decision has already been taken. But there are still some technical details concerning the size of compensation for cancelling Capello’s contract,” the agency report said.