LONDON, March 29: Former England boss Terry Venables believes that Fabio Capello is showing his international inexperience by his decision to rotate captains.

Steven Gerrard led the side for Capello’s first match in charge of England against Switzerland in January with Rio Ferdinand taking over in France last Wednesday.

Capello is planning to give at least two more players the captaincy before settling on a permanent skipper for the World Cup qualifiers.

But Venables believes the system causes “aggravations where there should not be any”.

Writing in the Sun, he said: “It worries me to see the England captaincy turned into some sort of audition. Why is Fabio Capello wasting precious time asking these questions when the World Cup qualifiers are getting closer by the minute?

“Capello has never managed an international team before. But believe me, it is a whole new ball game. Decisions have to be made sharp and quick.” Venables has thrown his weight behind Chelsea skipper John Terry, who was captain under former boss Steve McClaren, for the role.

“I would give the skipper’s job to John Terry, who is a natural leader,”added Venables. “Rio Ferdinand has a nice way, Steven Gerrard leads by example, but JT has the edge - as long as he puts all his off-field nonsense behind him.”—AFP