“Looking at her, how she talks about the team, how she’s perceived as a coach is how I want to be perceived as a coach as well.”

Elena Sadiku has plenty of admiration for Sonia Bompastor, hailing the Chelsea boss as “a great role model” as the two prepare to face off at Celtic Park on Wednesday night.

It will be the first Women’s Champions League match to be staged in Glasgow’s East End, and has the added spice of a battle of Britain clash.

“I don’t think we’re going to have a bigger test than this, but we’ve talked about this within the team, this is something we’ve dreamed about so we have to enjoy the occasion and put the best performance in we can,” Sadiku said when previewing Celtic’s third game in Group B.

The SWPL champions have suffered back-to-back defeats to FC Twente and Real Madrid in Europe’s elite competition, while WSL champions Chelsea sit top of the group with two wins from two.

Bompastor, a Champions League winner in her homeland with Lyon, was brought to London in the summer with the view of guiding Chelsea to a first victory in this competition.

And Sadiku is one of many enthusiasts of the former France international’s work.

“She barely talks about herself, she always talks about the team and that shows the leader she is,” the Celtic head coach added.

“I think we’re only four female coaches in the competition and that’s something I want to see more of.

“I want to see more female coaches of female teams especially. She’s a great role model for a lot of coaches like me.”