Head coach Fabio Capello thinks England should play their proposed friendly against Spain at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.

However the Football Association has reportedly been against the use of the venue after some England players were racially abused there four years ago.

But Capello insists: "It is a mistake by the FA's director of communications (Adrian Bevington). I don't know how my name has appeared in this.

"Why wouldn't I want to play at the Bernabeu? It is my home. Everyone knows I love Spain. I have a house in Marbella and I love Madrid, a marvellous city where I have spent two unforgettable years.

"I don't decide where England plays. It is a decision the English FA and the Spanish Federation will have to agree on. I don't care where the game is played and obviously if it is at the Bernabeu all the better."

A Spanish Federation spokesperson added: "Nothing has been agreed with the English FA. If we do make a deal it will be played where the Spanish Federation thinks opportune.

"The RFEF has received no communication from the English FA (over their refusal to play at the Bernabeu). The fans at the Bernabeu are excellent, just as they are in the whole of Spain."