Capello Index Ratings System Postponed

Following a meeting with The Football Association, the controversial ‘Capello Index’ player ratings website has been shelved until after this summer’s World Cup following heavy criticism by the media.

The ‘Capello Index’ would have provided performance data on all players within two hours of games ending in the tournament in South Africa.

Following talks with The FA, a spokesman for Capello said he has postponed the website until after the World Cup.

‘Fabio Capello’s involvement has been purely as a technical expert to establish statistical criteria for the Index,’ a spokesmen for Capello outlined.

‘He has not been directly involved in the on-line gaming element of the site. However, he wants to ensure that all appropriate protocols are in place before the project proceeds and has therefore decided today to postpone it.’

At the start of the week, Capello announced himself as a co-founder in the Capello Index , alongside Chicco Merighi, the founder of an online gambling company.

In the Capello Index, players’ performances would be marked out of 100 – based on computer analysis devised by the former Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid boss over the last two years.

Points would be dished out depending on the area of the pitch players competed in and the importance of the match.

Merighi is chairman of Goal Ventures Ltd, a company that owns goaltipwin.com, an online sports betting website.