He then had a single season in charge of Real Madrid, guiding the club to the Spanish league title, before returning to Milan for a brief and less successful spell.
He moved to Roma in 1999, winning the 2001 Scudetto. That was Roma's first major honor in a decade. However, his relationship with fans was soured when he was involved in a feud with popular Roma captain Francesco Totti. The final years of his tenure were also marred by accusations that he engineered the departure of several key players to sabotage the club, which led to the team plummeting near the bottom of Serie A and almost being relegated. To this day Capello is reviled by Roma fans because he supported Lazio as a child.
Capello left debt-ridden Roma to sign with Juventus, where he had played as a midfielder. Juventus won the 2004-05 and 2005-06 'Scudetto' under Capello's leadership, but were later stripped of their trophies due to involvement in the Italian match-fixing scandal.
In July 2006, with Juventus in the midst of the aforementioned match-fixing scandal, Capello resigned as Juventus manager. Press reports strongly linked him with a move back to Real Madrid; new club president Ramón Calderón had publicly stated his hope that Capello would return for a second stint at the club and on 5 July 2006, the official Real Madrid website announced Capello's appointment.[2]
Capello was criticized by Juventus captain Alessandro del Piero, as Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson also left for Real Madrid, with some believing that Capello had privately persuaded the players to follow him.