Fabio Capello
his predecessors as coach at Juventus by giving his mobile phone number to Turin's
sports writers.
Instead, the urbane Capello spends his free time in more rarefied circles with a circle
of friends recruited from the ranks of his passions for art, literature and travel. The
Capello art collection, reputed to be one of the best in private hands in northern Italy,
features works by Mark Chagall, the Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky and leading
Italian artist Piero Pizzi Cannella, who is also a close friend.
Capello also has a wanderlust for exotic and remote destinations. Among his recent
visits are the pre-Colombian ruins in Mexico, Angkor Wat in Cambodia and hiking in
Tibet. He has plans to travel more extensively in China and the Far East when he
retires.
Critics of Capello suggest that his high-mindedness is the flip- side of his
unsentimental approach to his professional life. He spent five years as manager of
annaabi.ee 
