I've had enough of transfer rumours, so I'm going to report on something tangible instead, even though it's hardly earth-shattering, ground-breaking or life-changing news. Still, at least it's actual news. Fabulous Fabio (as he will hopefully be remembered by fans and English tabloids alike), has said that he's going to end his managerial career with England.

At 62, the guy has obviously decided to leave his biggest challenge till the end, namely, getting the English national team to play like they're actually capable of good football. It's actually hard to convey the enormity of this task, but what people probably realise is that if Capello is incapable of doing it, then it's likely we were just never good enough in the first place.

People suspect it already. There's that niggling doubt in every England fan's mind that really, to be honest, this 'golden age' of England players has hoodwinked us somehow. In Euro 2008, Spain finally lived up to the repeated expectations placed on their team, and they played great football throughout the tournament.

But with England, we've never seen more then very occasional glimpses of good play, let alone sustained, quality football over the course of a whole tournament. Nobody's going to put money on England to win the 2010 World Cup. And why? Well, because people don't enjoy p*ssing their money away. You may as well just take a wad of cash and burn it.

There's no doubt that Sven and McClaren (the latter especially) just didn't have what it takes, but in Capello, England now have a proven, shrewd, tactically astute and extremely knowledgeable manager. If England still can't win anything, we don't really have anywhere to turn.

Capello is not, like McClaren, going to try and be every player's best mate. He's not going to give Lampard and Gerrard a starting place for the sake of it, just because they're 'big names'. He'll choose players based on merit, and he'll pick players to fit the formation he wants, rather than picking the formation to fit the players he wants.

And the other good thing from England's point of view is that Scolari won't be managing a team at the 2010 World Cup, which heavily reduces our chances of getting beaten by one of his teams again.

I was also pleased to hear that Capello's salary is partly performance-related, which means that results will actually count for something, as opposed to him just picking up a £6 million a year salary regardless.

Capello has also said that he'd like Lampard to remain in England, as then he'd have less travelling to do. I'm not sure that the travelling is the main issue if Lampard moves to Inter, but hey ho.

Capello also said that he'd continue to play Beckham until he was incapable of playing at international standard. Whether that means playing him regularly on the right side, or as an impact substitute, is less clear, but either way, it suggests that Beckham's going to be involved for the foreseeable future at least.

Hopefully, Bentley can step up to the plate and show that he's capable of taking over from Beckham when he collapses from old age. Which, to be honest, has to be sooner rather than later.