Carragher wants England to have an English manager

Last updated : 06 October 2011 By Adam Bryant

As Fabio Capello prepares for England's Euro 2012 qualifier in Montenegro tomorrow, the Liverpool defender insists that the England manager should be English.

"The next manager of England should be English," he said. "I've got nothing against Capello, I went to the World Cup and got to know him, but that's not what international football is.

"It's like saying if our keeper's not good enough, we'll go and get Buffon from Italy. It's a form of cheating in international football and it's a bit embarrassing.

"It's different for developing countries in Africa and elsewhere, who are trying to build the game up but, for England, such a big football nation, I don't think we should have a foreign manager.

"Just because it didn't work out with Steve McClaren, it didn't mean we had to go for a foreign manager. We should have gone for the next best Englishman."