VIDEO: Hughes backs Capello appointment

BLACKBURN ROVERS manager Mark Hughes has backed the choice of Fabio Capello as the next England coach.

But the Rovers boss has warned it will become harder and harder for home-grown managers to land the top job unless they are given a chance at the biggest clubs in domestic football.

Hughes knows all about the rigours of international management from his five-year tenure with Wales.

And, in the absence of an outstanding English candidate, Hughes believes that Capello, who has signed a four and a half year deal, is the right choice by the FA.

He said: "He's been a success in every job he's had but international management is different, I know that from my own experience.

"It'll be interesting to see how he approaches it. He comes across as a very strong man and he's been successful with the methods he's employed before so no doubt he'll revert to those methods once again. But who's to say if he's going to be successful or not."

He added: "British managers don't get an opportunity to win Premier League titles because those appointments seem to go to foreign managers.

"And if you're going up before the English FA and you haven't got Premier League titles on your CV then you're not likely to get the job so those opportunities are going to become less and less. It will be more and more difficult in the future. Managers won't get the opportunities in the future."

And Hughes said that British managers may have to look for opportunities abroad to get the chances they need to succeed.

"I think that's probably the next step," he said. "I think it's becoming more difficult for British managers to get the jobs that enable you to win things.

"But I think working abroad, given the right opportunities, it's something that British managers have to look at now.

"I wouldn't mind it at some point. It's part of the footballing education and, given the right circumstances, it's something I would look at .

"At the moment, I'm working in one of the hardest leagues in world football, and have been reasonably successful.

"You don't look outside of the Premier League if you can help it."