Comments from Capello in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that he would end his career "having made an impact at a World Cup" were interpreted to mean he would leave after the 2010 competition.

Capello's four-year contract will be reviewed following the World Cup but a spokesman for the Football Association said: "Fabio just wishes to clarify he did not mean he was planning to quit the England job after the World Cup."

The spokesman continued: "I have spoken to him and his focus is solely on one tournament at a time.

"At the moment, his full concentration is on qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and he is not thinking past that objective at the moment."