OlivavuTue 22/05/12 at 13:17
Fabio Capello would be interested in the manager's position at Liverpool, though he is waiting to see if the club's American owners want to give him the opportunity to stake his claim for the position vacated by Kenny Dalglish.
Fenway Sports Group have not yet contacted the 65-year-old, which suggests that both Andre Villas-Boas and Roberto Martinez are higher up the group's order of possible candidates. It is understood Martinez had initial contact from Liverpool on Sunday and is thought to be preparing to fly to the owners' Boston base on Thursday.
Nevertheless, the possibility of Capello receiving a call from the Liverpool managing director, Ian Ayre, should not be ruled out and, with FSG still going through the process of contacting managers, the Italian is a possible contender.
The only approaches Capello and his representatives have received so far have been from agents, offering to act as go-betweens with Liverpool. Capello's team have told them that if they bring a deal to their table then they will consider it. The former England manager's stance appears to be far more positive, from a Liverpool perspective, than the majority of continental managers who have been connected with the job since Dalglish was dismissed last Thursday. The Ajax manager Frank de Boer and Marseilles' Didier Deschamps both formally rejected the idea of taking charge of Liverpool yesterday, yet Capello is looking for a project. He accepts that his next role does not necessarily have to be at a Champions League club and he has always viewed Liverpool as one of the big English jobs.
Capello saw the club in the same bracket as Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal in the summer of 2007 when out of work and looking for his next move. But Rafael Benitez had just taken Liverpool to the Champions League final and, after calls came from Major League football in the United States as well as from Australia and Asia, Capello sat tight and waited for the England national job.
With Anfield's principal owner John W Henry and his compatriots yet to meet any prospective manager, the greatest momentum does appear to be with Martinez and Villas-Boas,however. Villas-Boas has not added publicly to the statement he offered on Sunday afternoon when arriving to watch the Portuguese Cup final between Academica and Sporting, at the invitation of Academica – one of his former clubs.
The 34-year-old said then: "I'm still choosing the right project and that decision will take the necessary time". It is understood that the former Chelsea manager's approach to this opportunity is one of very cautious interest. Villas-Boas knows he will not win the title immediately with Liverpool. But he also realises that potentially he has more to lose than to win at Anfield, because a second failure in England would render the Premier League closed to him.
Always conscious of mapping out his career path, the Portuguese wants a stable environment where he has room to breathe. It seems that a meeting between him and FSG in Boston would involve the Americans doing some of the work to persuade him that Liverpool is that secure place in which to rebuild his career.
He will know that Liverpool's commercial destiny still hangs to a huge extent on the very uncertain prospect of whether they can move forward quickly with a new stadium, or with the redevelopment of Anfield. Ayre has reported progress with Anfield residents who pose an impediment to the latter option, though the club are not there yet.
"It's all right for people to say 'Liverpool's a big football club – 60,000 seats, why don't you just go and get on with it?" said Ayre last Thursday. "Go and look at the economics of that – of a £300m build for 15,000 new seats. It's pretty hard to make that stack up. A decision will be announced when we've got certainty."
The position at Roma has also interested Villas-Boas, though that carries baggage with a relatively old side to rebuild, much as Chelsea were when Villas-Boas arrived there last summer. Overall the picture remains deeply confused, with suggestions that Martinez may be destined for Aston Villa, rather than Liverpool, still not entirely extinguished last night. With Liverpool clearly not an alluring prospect to every continental manager, Capello has some reason to believe the call may come.
Capello's cups
Milan (1987, 1991-96, 1997-98)
Serie A title: 4 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996),Supercoppa Italiana: 3 (1992, 1993, 1994),European Cup: 1994, UEFA Super Cup: 1994, Coppa Italia: 1998
Real Madrid (1996-97, 2006-07)
La Liga: 2 (1997, 2007), Supercopa de Espana: 1997
Juventus (2004-06)
Serie A: 2 (2005, '06 – both revoked)
England (2008-12)
Qualification for World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fabio-capello-in-the-mix-to-become-next-liverpool-manager-7771307.html 
OlivavuTue 22/05/12 at 14:20
Liverpool have had no contact with either Fabio Capello or Didier Deschamps, according to ESPN sources on Tuesday.
Speculation had been growing that Capello was wanted by Fenway Sports Group (FSG) as the successor to Kenny Dalglish, with contacts close to the former England coach claiming he had been approached.
However, ESPN has been told that there has been no official contact with Capello and that there has also been no approach for Marseille boss Didier Deschamps.
Roberto Martinez has been given permission to speak to Liverpool by his club Wigan, while Brendan Rodgers of Swansea City turned down the chance to meet with Anfield representatives. Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp and Ajax manager Frank de Boer have been approached but will stay with their current clubs.
Andre Villas-Boas has also held meetings with Liverpool and is on the list of managers due to have a second interview, and it is expected that they will be joined by at least one other candidate. FSG is yet to meet any prospective new manager, with managing director Ian Ayre conducting the initial stages of the recruitment process.
A source told ESPN: "The long list of candidates is now narrowing down to a workable number who are likely to go to Boston, although there is of course a chance that the owners will come over here to see the candidates."
It was reported that an agent representing Liverpool did approach Capello before the Champions League final to enquire as to his interest in the position, and that he had since held preliminary talks, at which he expressed a desire to be considered.
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The former England boss has been tipped as a possible successor to Kenny Dalglish but reports suggesting Fenway Sports Group have been in contact with the experienced Italian are wide of the mark.
The ECHO understands Capello is not on the owners’ list of candidates and FSG have no intention of making an approach to discuss the role with him.
The 65-year-old’s agent has been keen to press his claims for the Anfield job but FSG’s attention is focused elsewhere.
Wigan’s Roberto Martinez, who is currently on holiday in Barbados, is expected to meet the owners for talks over the next 48 hours.
Ex-Chelsea boss Andre Villa-Boas remains firmly in contention, while it has emerged that Swansea City’s Brendan Rodgers hasn’t been ruled out.
Last week Rodgers publicly rejected the chance to hold talks with Liverpool after realising FSG planned to speak to around a dozen candidates.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2012/05/23/100252-31026157/? 
