Carroll needs to drink less says Capello

Capello has only 15 months left on his contract but suggested he is continuing to work hard to polish his English – "I try to improve every day" – and considers Tuesday evening's friendly an opportunity for fringe players to stake their claim for future inclusion. Scott Parker is expected to start on the bench as he struggles with minor calf and shoulder complaints, and Aaron Lennon has returned to Tottenham with a minor hamstring injury. Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines and Andy Carroll – who will play for up to an hour – will start in a 4-3-3 system, with Capello having spoken privately to the £35m Liverpool striker to discuss the off-field perils of life in the limelight. "Look, he's young," said Capello. "Really young. His behaviour now is really, really important. He needs to be careful at every moment. When you play with the England team, at every moment you are the focus of the fans, the newspapers, the photographers, the people that live around him. I spoke with him privately. Not only Andy likes to drink beer. He needs to improve, to drink less."