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"You can expect beautiful football" - Swiss journalist delivers the inside track of what to expect from Fabio Celestini
30.10.26, 09:03 3 Minute Read
Fabio Celestini certainly isn’t a household name in English football, with most of his career coming in the Swiss top division.
A quick scan through his career would suggest he’s got something of a chequered past, but statistics can often only tell half of the story.
Ahead of his debut in the dugout against Portsmouth on Saturday, we caught up with Swiss football journalist Lionel Pittet to get the inside track on what to expect from our new boss.
Celestini has a big reputation from his time at Basel, where he led the perennial champions to another league title despite inheriting a side struggling at the wrong end of the table.
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Chris Wilson
Editorhas been a lifelong Burnley fan despite being from Wigan. His career in sports media has taken him to press boxes up and down the country, including four seasons covering Burnley in a data-led role. He now co-runs Flashscore’s football preview and works on its match reports team, alongside taking on an editorial role after co-founding TurfReports.