England choose Krakow base for assault on Euro 2012

Fabio Capello is planning to base his England squad in the centre of the bustling Polish city of Krakow at Euro 2012 after consulting his players. The isolation of their training camp in Rustenburg was given as one of the reasons why last year’s World Cup in South Africa did not go to plan But this time the England manager has involved John Terry and his colleagues in the decision-making process and the picturesque centre of Poland’s second city is their preferred choice. Plans still need to be finalised in terms of which five-star hotel and training facilities they will book, but the FA are keen to press ahead with plans. Club England managing director Adrian Bevington confirmed the FA had chosen Poland ahead of Ukraine as their base, irrespective of where their group games are. ‘We are just finalising a few contractual arrangements,’ said Bevington. ‘We will be in Poland but I won’t be able to say any more at this moment. "We are not far away from confirming the location but, out of respect to all the people we have been dealing with, we have to get everything finalised first.’ FA chairman David Bernstein told the Leaders in Football conference last week it was their intention to be ‘good tourists’ at future tournaments. Meanwhile, FA officials have given assurances that Capello is not about to walk out on England for megarich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. While there has been interest, as revealed by Sportsmail, the Italian has not received a formal offer.