Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has already confirmed Capello is on his shortlist to replace Jose Mourinho.

Such speculation is the last thing either Capello or his England players need less than two weeks before the World Cup gets underway in South Africa.

And it all seems so needless, given the 63-year-old was in the process of amending his £6million-a-year contract to take out a clause that would allow either party to terminate the arrangement prior to the start of England's Euro 2012 qualification campaign.

But the departure of Lord Triesman following his ill-advised comments relating to the 2018 World Cup bid has led to a series of appointments that have completely changed the face of the FA.

And not until next week in Rustenburg, when the new FA hierarchy will meet with Capello to reassure the Italian they want him to continue, can the matter be sorted out.

"I signed with one chairman, who changed to another chairman, and now I don't know what will happen," he said.

"I am happy here. You know that. I would like to stay here. I always say that. I like everything.

"But I have to speak with the new chairman to know my situation."

It does seem staggering that Capello should have been appointed by a chief executive, in Brian Barwick, who has not only been replaced himself but seen his successor Ian Watmore depart as well.

Lord Triesman had been negotiating the removal of the post-World Cup clause, so now those talks have to start again, presumably with new general secretary Alex Horne, who will be part of the FA delegation in South Africa along with temporary chairman Roger Burden, managing director-elect Adrian Bevington and Sir David Richards, FA vice-chairman and a powerful voice within the professional game.

They are all presenting a unified front that will tell Capello they want him to stay.

"We are all fully committed to Fabio. Nothing has changed in that respect," said Bevington, who this summer will leave his current post as FA director of communications.

"We would like to sit down with Fabio and fully explain this to him.

"That will happen at some point. Sir Dave will be in South Africa, Alex Horne will be there at some point and I will be there.

"I am sure can sit down for half an hour before the first game to run through that."

Certainly Capello's previous statements on the matter would answer any allegation that his refusal to commit himself to the Three Lions cause with a direct statement amounts to giving himself some wriggle room in expectation of an Inter contract worth £9million per year being dangled in his face.

Nevertheless, with regards to Inter - who must find a way of defending their unique Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble without the man who won it - Capello remained slightly vague.

"I know what people are saying," he said. "I read and saw it.

"At the moment no-one has contacted me.

"It is nothing. Every day I am really focused on the World Cup."