Fabio Capello announces his retirement from coaching Football - Italy Rules himself out of race for Italy national team job

Italian coach Fabio Capello has confirmed that he has retired from football and will not take up another coaching role.

He will now become a pundit and commentator in Italy for the rest of the season and the upcoming World Cup.

"I've already had a different experience with the England and Russia national teams, I wanted to coach a club again and Jiangsu was my last experience in football," he told RadioUno.

"I did everything I wanted to, I'm very happy with what I've done and I am delighted to be a commentator, in that position you always win."

Capello had been linked with the Italian national team job but ruled himself out of the race.

"We are good coaches when we have good players at the highest level, it's difficult to do it well with mediocre players and right now there aren't great players, leaders or players who make a difference," he said of the players available.

Another candidate is former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, who Capello believes would be a good choice.

"Mancini is an experienced coach who has travelled the world, that will help his relationship with players but they lack talent," he said.

He believes that it is too big a chance for many players to make the jump from shining in Serie A to doing it on the world stage with the Italy side.

"The jump from Serie A to the national team is very big, there are great players in Serie A who then disappear with the national team because there are players of a higher level on the other team," he explained.

"In Serie A there is little quality, Italian football doesn't have good teachers, good players who can copy something."

In part, Capello believes that is down to the philosophy in Italian football.

"Although we have improved, we have to work on another aspect: children must be taught to play football, to control the ball," he said.

"In Italy you talk about tactics at 12-years-old, in Spain they just give you the ball.

"You should have people who teach football, who teach technique."

The Italian had two spells in La Liga as Real Madrid coach, also coaching the likes of AC Milan, AS Roma, Juventus, England, Russia and Jiangsu Suning.