Fabio Capello’s son has moved to lessen the potential damage caused to the England squad’s moral (6/1 to Not Qualify For Euro 2012) by the World Cup player ratings on the Capello Index website after apologising on behalf of his father.

The Italian tactician angrily hit out at the decision to publish the rankings of the England players, and those from other teams, from the tournament in South Africa on the website without his permission.

Capello demanded that the Index be removed from the internet immediately on Saturday, claiming he had not seen or approved any of the material before it was posted.

The results showed Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe with the highest average score of Capello’s squad with 62.47, while goalkeeper Robert Green had the lowest score of 51.67 out of 100 – probably due to his howler to gift the United States an equaliser in the 1-1 Group C draw.

There were no England players in the top 45 and there was a real fear it could affect the squad as they aim to put their World Cup debacle behind them to focus on Euro 2012 (England 9/1 Tournament Winner).

Capello’s son and agent Pierfilippo has now spoken out to confirm that he is ‘very sorry and upset’ about the publication of the Index.

He told The Sun: “We had told the FA there would not be any ratings appearing on any of the England players.

“So to find out that the opposite has happened just a day later was something we were unhappy about.

“There is no commercial value in this to Fabio – he was just interested to see and compare how the statistics would compare with his own evaluations.

“These are not Fabio’s ratings and we are now looking to have his name removed from the title.”

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