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Sacked Real Madrid coach Capello ponders move to United States

Mon 16 Jul 2007, 9:07 GMT
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MILAN (Reuters) - Fabio Capello is mulling over a job offer in the United States following his sacking by Real Madrid last month.

Capello won the Spanish title in his first season but complaints about his team's style of play and failure in the Champions League led to him being replaced by Bernd Schuster.

"They have contacted me from the United States, however I must think about it," Capello told Monday's Gazzetta Dello Sport without naming the U.S. team.

"It would be a new experience that would intrigue me not for the money but to see if anyone could make American soccer take off."

David Beckham, dropped by Capello at Real before being brought back into the team to help win the title, has just joined Los Angeles Galaxy in a multi-million dollar deal aimed at increasing interest in soccer in the U.S.

Capello, the former AC Milan, AS Roma and Juventus coach, said he had received other offers.

"Dynamo Kiev and Lokomotiv (Moscow) have come to me with interesting work propositions but I have left it," added the 61-year-old, who said last month he would contemplate retirement.

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