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Although the illustrious former Juventus, AC Milan and Real Madrid coach flew back to Italy on Wednesday night to fulfil a prior engagement, talks with the Football Association went so well, it is now only a matter of time before the 61-year-old returns to become Steve McClaren's successor.

"I can confirm that Brian Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking have held talks with Fabio Capello in London," said FA director of communications Adrian Bevington.

Capello spent Wednesday at Wembley with senior FA figures, including chief executive Barwick and director of football development Brooking thrashing out the final details of a lucrative contract and outlining his vision for the future.

Bevington added: "I am pleased to say that these discussions were extremely positive and without any problems.

"Fabio has returned to Italy to honour a prior commitment.

"Understandably, further talks are now taking place between Fabio's advisors and ourselves."

Providing Barwick can convince the FA board Capello is the right man for the job - and that should not take much doing given the appointment has already received the support of Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger - Capello can expect to receive a call at some point on Thursday asking him to come back to London for his official unveiling.

No time-scale has been offered on the formal announcement but if it does not happen on Friday, it will be confirmed very early next week.

FA officials could hardly have been more enthusiastic about the impression Capello made during his brief visit, leaving little room for argument about how Barwick and Brooking have delivered the 'world class' replacement for McClaren they promised in the aftermath of the abysmal Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.