Latest football odds: England captain market

Despite missing out on Fabio Capello's first game as England manager, Chelsea defender John Terry is the 11/10 favourite with William Hill to be given the captain's armband for Capello's first competitive game as England manager in September. William Hill make Steven Gerrard - who is favourite to skipper England in Capello's first friendly in charge - the 13/8 second favourite to land the role and also offer 5/1 for Manchester United's experienced defender Rio Ferdinand; 12/1 Newcastle captain Michael Owen and go 14/1 about any other player being handed the reponsibility to lead England through their World Cup qualifying campaign. The bookmaker have also opened up a book on who will start in goal against Andorra in September and believe that 37-year-old David James will get the nod. The Portsmouth keeper is 13/8, while Scott Carson, who started in goal in Steve McLaren's last game in charge against Croatia is 4/1. Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland is 9/2 while West Ham's in-form Robert Green, who was overlooked for the squad for the Switzerland game is 11/2. Former England No 1 Paul Robinson is available at 8/1. Capello is 5/1 with William Hill to conduct his final official press conference prior to the Switzerland game in English: "There was a lot of talk about whether Fabio was or wasn't fluent in English, when he was appointed, and plenty of stories declaring that he certainly would be by the time of the first friendly - the book is now closed, but those punters who have backed him to be capable of holding a press conference without a translator are either about to take a five figure sum off of us, or to realise that all the talk was double Dutch," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. If the reaction of some of the England players after they met Capello for the first time on Sunday is anything to go by then the 5/1 is a price worth taking. Both Ferdinand and Gerrard were surprised at the Italian's grasp of his adopted language. Gerrard said he was understood fully by the players when he spoke to them in a meeting and at training. "It was all English. It surprised me, he was really good," he said. "All the session was put across to the players in English. He got some help from a translator but it was better than I thought."