Capello reveals Liverpool approach

Fabio Capello has been ‘tapped up’ twice by Liverpool as Rafael Benitez battles to stay in control at Anfield.

Capello claims he was contacted before last week’s Champions League clash with Porto as Benitez’s relationship with Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks reached crisis point.

This will alarm the FA who see Capello as a possible England manager and Newcastle, if reports in the Daily Star are to be believed that they want him to replace Sam Allardyce.

Capello’s Liverpool link is revealed in the Daily Mirror who add that although Benitez and the Americans have agreed a ceasefire, they may not yet qualify for the latter stages of the Champions League - and that could spell the end for Benitez.