The news comes just hours after Tottenham Hotspur's boss and next-England Manager candidate Harry Redknapp was cleared of a tax evasion case in court.
The FA have not yet released reasoning on the matter - though it is believed Capello disagreed with the FA's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy without his consent after an alleged racial attack on QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
Terry faces a court case on those charges a week after Euro 2012.
The FA's statement eventually reached the media, mentioning, "The discussions focused on The FA Board’s decision to remove the England team captaincy from John Terry, and Fabio Capello’s response through an Italian broadcast interview." - How is this going to react with John Terry? A sense of guilt, what does he get out of this?
The FA then added: "I would like to stress that during today’s meeting and throughout his time as England Manager, Fabio has conducted himself in an extremely professional manner. We have accepted Fabio’s resignation, agreeing this is the right decision. We would like to thank Fabio for his work with the England team and wish him every success in the future.”
But it was never really working out, was it?
Now what for our National side? All but four months before the huge European Championships - a competition where the expectations are monumental following the disastrous failure to qualify four years ago. A proud English nation, with their team lacking a Manager, a Captain and most importantly, any sort of spirit.
Of course when new bosses get bought up the impetus already rises up countless notches, players play for their new Boss, try to impress. Yet the honeymoon does not always go on forever - perhaps that England will get a shot at this new opportunity at peak time leading upto and including the Championships in Poland and Ukraine. Perhaps whoever is placed at the throne can lift that knockout stage curse?
Mark Ryan, Fabio Capello's Biographer has the following morning came out with an interesting statement: "He didn't think it was a make-or-break meeting about his future. He was left with the fact that he didn't feel particularly wanted, and he had to resign."
Were The FA rushing to get him out the door? Were any of these anti-Capello feelings in the minds of the Chiefs prior to the John Terry incident? Many questions yet to be answered here.
Moving on to successor, Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp is strong favourite for the role. England forward Wayne Rooney, alongside two ex-England internationals in Gary Linekar and Alan Shearer have already made their feelings known public. Rooney tweeted: "Got to be English to replace him. Harry Redknapp for me."
Possibly another example of Social Networking getting in the way a tad? Say Redknapp refuses the job, how does that leave the Boss that's bought in? Not feeling like he has the respect of the players? Feeling he's second choice?
Other names are being thrown around - Jose Mourinho, current U-21's Boss Stuart Pearce, alongside a handful of English names: Alan Pardew, Sam Allerdyce or Roy Hodgson. Even a sensational call to Mr David Beckham has been floating around - all pure speculation, of course.
Spurs won't want to let Redknapp go, though stopping him won't be an option - in dragging Tottenham from the jaws of relegation into one of the top three sides in the country is quite a show of recent pedigree. From what we have already seen - he has the backing and major respect of England's biggest stars. Surely a no-brainer?
Or will our mighty FA find some other way of throwing a spanner in the works? Let's be honest - stranger things have happened...
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