England coach Fabio Capello has denied reports of plans to faze out Chelsea veteran Frank Lampard.

Capello has moved to reassure the 33-year-old he has no plans to discard him.

"No. Absolutely not," he said.

"Lampard is an important player. He is really good.

"I substituted him against Switzerland because we were losing and a manager needs to find a solution.

"We had to try something different."

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