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Capello backs star pair's stay

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England boss Fabio Capello believes Cristiano Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas will not move to Spain.

Ronaldo and Fabregas will remain in England, says national boss

Cristiano Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas will stay in the Premier League and not be drawn to Spain. That is the view of England manager Fabio Capello, despite Real Madrid admiring the pair and Barcelona also regularly linked with Fabregas, who came through the youth ranks at Camp Nou. But former Madrid coach Capello believes the Manchester United winger and Arsenal midfielder will stay put. He told Spanish sports newspaper Marca: "I think that they are going to remain in England.

Ambition

"The Premier League offers them a lot of money. And the teams like Manchester United and Arsenal also have a lot of ambition to win everything." Capello has enjoyed a distinguished managerial career at Milan, Juventus and Madrid but the England job is his first as a national boss. Speaking of this new experience, he added: "There are big differences. One of which is very important - Real Madrid, Milan, the big teams represent a section of fans, to a large extent, but a national team represents all the fans. "It is all the country behind you and this makes it very different."
Live well
He was also asked what, if anything, he misses about life in Spain and replied: "I don't know. Of all the places where I've lived you always miss something. Now I live very well in London. "The truth is that I have had a lot of luck because I have lived very well in all the places I have been."