Wish you were here, Fabio?

Under-fire Fabio Capello appears to have retreated to the seaside for some peace and quiet as England’s World Cup campaign is all at sea.

But on closer inspection the person in the picture is actually holidaymaker Mike Coats who happens to be a dead-ringer for Fabio.

Mike, a 53-year-old graphic designer, has had his break to a beach hut in Bournemouth, Dorset, interrupted by concerned well-wishers.

Patriotic Mike hired out the seaside shack after it had been turned into a shrine for the national football team by tourism chiefs for the World Cup.

But Mike stunned sunbathers, who thought he was the real thing.

One elderly couple even wished him good luck for the remaining England matches – even though the real Fabio is thousands of miles away in South Africa.

Other passers-by shook his hand and asked for his autograph.

The bizarre experience has led Mike to consider swapping his day job to become a full-time lookalike.

Mike was on holiday in Bournemouth with wife Marion and they were the first customers to hire out the soccer-style beach hut along the prom.

The timber hut has been painted in the colours of a St George’s flag and numbered 1966 by the local council as a way of backing England in the World Cup.

It has been kitted out with red and white coloured deck chairs, towels, mugs, plates, bunting, flags and banners.

Mike, from Yeovil, Somerset, said: “We only live up the road from Bournemouth and visit quite a lot.

“When I found out about this beach hut I knew I had to hire it for a few days.

“I’m obviously a big England fan and am quite patriotic so this is great.”

Mike added: “I have been aware that I bear a resemblance to Fabio Capello for a while but haven’t thought anything of it.

“But it felt like almost every other person who walked by our beach hut either did a double take or came up to ask if I was him.

“One elderly couple even thought I was him and wished me luck.

“I didn’t want to disappoint them so I played up to it a little bit and mumbled something in broken English.”

Jon Weaver, Bournemouth council’s tourism’s marketing manager, said: “The beach hut is our way of backing the England team and bringing the World Cup spirit to Bournemouth."