Denmark's Olsen: National coach should pick team captain

Feb 9, 2012, 12:28 GMT

Copenhagen - Denmark coach Morten Olsen said he believed 'the national coach should decide over the team captain,' in comments Thursday the day after Fabio Capello resigned as England manager.

'Of course it is the national coach who should pick the team captain. Who else would?' Olsen told Danish news agency Ritzau.

'In most countries the coach decides,' Olsen said, adding he did not want to weigh in on how other football associations decide on such matters.

'Sometimes the players decide,' he added. 'Capello selected his captain and the Football Association stepped in and changed that, but that is their business.'

Asked if anyone but himself could remove the Danish captaincy, Olsen declined to answer saying it was a hypothetical question.

Capello resigned Wednesday, citing his authority had been undermined when the Football Association fired John Terry as captain.

Olsen has been at the helm of Denmark since 2000. His current contract runs until the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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