"Chelsea captain, England captain, one of the most important players in the world,"

I wrote an article at the weekend stating that John Terry could be reinstated as England Captain ahead of the upcoming friendly games this month. I have to state right now nothing is confirmed, but it seems that Fabio Capello has decided to give the armband back to Terry permanently with what happened in Denmark the reason.

Quoted in The Daily Mail today, Fabio Capello has said:

‘I think after one year of punishment that is enough for a mistake, For this reason, I need to make a decision about this problem. It does not need to be captain for one game, it needs to be permanent. Before I announce a decision I want to speak with Terry, with the players, but in the end it will be my decision.

Rio was captain, but my first captain was John Terry. Rio was a good captain, so was Steven Gerrard, but I selected Terry first until his mistake.

I was upset about the armband being passed around against Denmark. Who is the captain? Where is the armband? I do not like that. That was not a good moment for John Terry, either.

I did not expect to talk about the captaincy so much when I took the job, but I understand now it is really important in England. I took my decision after what I saw against Denmark, because it made me understand the value of the captain and the armband in England.

I didn’t like to see it going around the pitch. Until then, I had always had captains one, two, three, but then it was, “I’m captain, then I’m captain”. Now I will make it clear. I will decide.

Rio is captain now and I am not saying he is not a good captain. He was a fantastic captain. He is an important player, too. First of all I want to know whether he will be fit. Then I will talk to him about what I will do with John Terry and whether I will make a new captain. I will explain what happened in Denmark, what I thought about that.

I will understand if he is not happy, but I am the manager. I have to take decisions. I am not concerned if people think I am indecisive.

John Terry is old enough to understand this is a really important role: Chelsea captain, England captain and one of the most important players in the world,’

That final paragraph says it all.

KTBFFH.