Fergie: Capello will discover pressure

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The Italian has been meeting with FA chiefs over taking the job in recent days and Ferguson believes that when Capello is confirmed he will quickly realise the job he faces.

"There is a tremendous pressure on the English coach, which Fabio will understand when he is two minutes into the job," said Ferguson.

"It is not going to be an easy job. There is a lot of work to do with the England team to get them to the level everyone expects, so I hope he will get the support he needs.

"But what Fabio has got is experience. I have spoken for a long time about the necessity of a national team manager to be experienced and to have a good CV and a presence and be the right age. Fabio Capello has all those things.

"He will definitely command the respect of the players."

One of the concerns about Capello's impending appointment has been a perceived inability to speak English.

On Thursday, Rafael Benitez spoke of the difficulty he had in overcoming the language barrier following his arrival at Liverpool - a problem that would only be magnified in a dressing room full of English-speaking players, a rarity now at club level.

Yet Ferguson has encountered Capello at enough events to know the former Italy player has actually quite a decent command of English and can certainly communicate well enough not to have any trouble getting his point across.

"Fabio's English is okay," said the Scot. "I have never had any problem speaking to him."