Because England skipper Terry had done a JZ, Capello suddenly found himself saddled with having to appoint a new captain to lead England to JZ's country for the 2010 World Cup.
The meeting between Terry and Capello lasted for only 12 minutes - is that how long Terry lasts, Vanessa Perroncel? But I digress.
When the love triangle story hit the international headlines, Capello cracked his skull pondering Terry's successor.
Not because of the shortage of candidates; replacements were a dime a dozen.
But none of them screamed squeaky clean, a condition the England public desperately wants for those who would step into Terry's shoes.
Wayne Rooney?
The inspirational goal machine who wears his heart on the sleeve; committed to the cause of club and country, but who once wandered off the straight and narrow with an older - much older - woman.
Steven Gerrard?
Mr Liverpool, not new to the job, which he has been doing since taking over the armband from Sami Hyypia in 2003.
But there is a black mark next to the name of the "I play for Jon-Paul" star. Gerrard's cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, 10 at the time, while Stevie G was nine, was one of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium stampede.
When he is not bobbing to the beat in a nightclub, Stevie G is not shy of launching haymakers against a DJ who refuses to let him try his hand on the decks.
Frank Lampard? Wasn't he caught in a sex-tape scandal with Rio Ferdinand and Kieron Dyer in the Ayia Napa resort in Cyprus in 2000?
Ferdinand ended up gaining from Terry's folly when Capello named him Terry's successor. But Ferdinand is no stranger to hanky-panky.
In 2004, the Football Association disciplinary committee fined Ferdinand £50000 (R600000) and suspended him from football for eight months for failing to take a drug test he "forgot about".
Maybe Capello just decided to have a black captain to lead the Three Lions to the first World Cup on African soil.
It's easy to understand Carlo Ancelotti's more understanding stance on the shag shebang and on allowing Terry to continue in his Chelsea captaincy.
The Chelsea coach used to work for Italian stallion Silvio Berlusconi, the serial philandering prime minister who owns AC Milan and most of the Italian media.
Ancelotti's torrid love life led to his wife of 25 years dumping him when she learnt that a public relations girl was enjoying private liaisons with her hubby.
Back to Perroncel. What with her being a lingerie model, Miss Thingy clearly loves leaving little to the imagination and seemed to be set to carve out super-wag status for herself.
Reports from England suggest she has had sexual liaisons with five Chelsea players.
She has team spirit don't you think, running her own five-a-side football team right under Roman Abramovich's nose?
Talk about a Chelsea bun right there, hey!
English public expects a clean replacement
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