LONDON — For £6 million a year success should be almost guaranteed, but football does not always work like that. However, at the moment Fabio Capello's salary is looking a bargain because on Planet Football managers and players can earn vastly inflated salaries as long as the team is winning.
Capello's England is not just winning. It is making history, playing well, scoring goals and has not so much one foot but nine toes in the 2010 World Cup finals.
These are happy days for the national team.
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