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Andy Carroll to make England debut

2010-11-16 223 Dailymotion

<p><br /> Fabio Capello has already left Andy Carroll out of his England plans once for disciplinary reasons - he hopes never to do it again.<br /> </p><p><br /> Capello has confirmed Carroll will make his debut against France at Wembley on Wednesday after the Newcastle striker came through Tuesday morning's training session without aggravating his groin injury.<br /> </p><p><br /> It is a merited choice based upon Carroll's performances for the Magpies this term. Yet it is one the 21-year-old's chequered disciplinary past has forced him to wait for.<br /> </p><p><br /> Capello did not say precisely when, but the Italian revealed Carroll had already been the subject of one meeting amongst the Football Association hierarchy, when the vote went against the forward.<br /> </p><p><br /> "Carroll needs to improve in his private life," said Capello. "I didn't select him before because the FA, Stuart Pearce and myself were not okay about it.<br /> </p><p><br /> "He must learn something about this. But now he is here, it is really important because he is a good player."<br /> </p><p><br /> Capello was intent on having two lengthy chats with the player, who has scored seven times this season.<br /> </p><p><br /> The first was purely about football, which the Italian is already impressed with, having witnessed Carroll's qualities at close hand at the Emirates Stadium when the Gateshead-born youngster turned in a matchwinning performance against Arsenal.<br /> </p><p><br /> But the Italian's most pertinent points were delivered after training, when he took Carroll to one side and spoke about behavioural issues.<br /> </p><p><br /> Capello hopes the influence of Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard will rub off on Carroll and the player will return to Newcastle a wiser individual.<br /> </p>

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