England coach Fabio Capello is supporting the country's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. England are one of 11 countries who lodged bids with FIFA to host the tournament before Monday's deadline for submissions.

"I think England would be a fantastic place for the World Cup," the Italian told Sky Sports News.

"The stadia are OK, the people are fantastic as well so I think it needs to come back here after so many years.

"I hope this will be in 2018 because England is the place where football was born.

"I think England needs football to come back home."