The Pundit: When he retired from the game, Capello went to work as an executive in Mediolanum, one of Silvio Berlusconi’s many companies, and as a football pundit. Shearer anyone?

The Manager: Capello has the impressive record of having won the league title with every club he has coached, for a total of nine titles in only 16 years: AC Milan (four times), Roma (one title, their first Scudetto in 18 years), Juventus (twice) and Real Madrid (twice). During his first Milan spell (1991-96) his team went 58 games unbeaten in the league, which included an entire season.

The Disciplinarian: Capello claims he is not in football to make friends. He is interested only in success. Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti are amongst those who have publicly voiced their disapproval, while Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon likened him to a dictator. In fact, Capello admires some aspects of a dictatorship. Last year he told an Italian newspaper that he admired the "legacy of order" left by General Franco.

The Starbreaker: Fabio has consistently shown little regard for big names and big reputations, including the likes of the Brazilian Ronaldo. “Aren’t you ashamed of being so fat?” Capello asked him while at Real. He also viewed David Beckham’s move to LA Galaxy as a ‘betrayal’ and said he "will never play for me again."

The Pragmatist: Fabio soon changed that when he saw Golden Balls was fit again and could help win La Liga

The Sentimentalist: Not a sniff of it. He’s dropped Beckham again and has famously stated that he regards medals and memories as "things closed away inside boxes".

The Strategist: He is known for his conservative approach to the game and typically opts to ‘win boring’ rather than entertain. Expect him to start with a holding midfielder (Hargreaves?), as he did to great effect with Marcel Desailly at Milan and Emerson at Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid. This could spell the end for either Gerrard or Lampard (Lampard is injured at the moment), who have never managed to master the art of a midfield partnership.

Defend: Though Capello insists that his team’s formation is entirely dependent on the players available, there is no doubt that the Italian favours the fashionable 4-5-1. He was shown the door at Real Madrid at the end of last season for playing with insufficient flair, due in no small part to his insistence on playing a lone striker.

Defend Again: He is so defensively-minded that he once made a substitution immediately after going ahead 1-0 in a friendly in China in order to protect that lead. He famously told Paolo Di Canio “your head looks like a penis” after the fiery Italian had questioned Capello’s decision to replace him for a defender.