Former England star, 43, stuns fans with new ‘Serie A look’ as he takes charge of first game with EFL club

IT’S not often a title is decided on the first day of the season.

And it’s even more unusual for fans to claim a manager has been “Benjamin Buttoned” by a suave counterpart!

ReutersScott Parker celebrated victory and got a dramatic response to his new image[/caption]

PADara O’Shea enjoyed netting in Burnley’s 4-1 win at Luton[/caption]

PAParker’s hair and all-round image surprised many observers[/caption]

But that’s what’s happened at Kenilworth Road after Burnley thrashed Luton 4-1 in a battle of two relegated clubs eager for an instant return to the Premier League.

Viewers were dazzled by a new look for debuting Clarets’ boss Scott Parker.

The former England, Chelsea and Tottenham midfielder was labelled as every inch a “Serie A manager”.

Parker, 43, complemented his long, swept-back hair with a smart blue bomber jacket and matching trousers, paired with a red tie – which, of course, was knotted immaculately.

As for the title already won – some fans reckon it was an early shootout between Parker and Hatters’ chief Rob Edwards.

But not for the Championship crown – not on the pitch anyway…

One viewer posted: “Luton v Burnley unintentionally providing the most handsome manager head-to-head in Rob Edwards and Scott Parker.”

And the verdict appeared to go to Parker – perhaps via a penalty suit-out!

RexSome fans claimed it was a play-off between losing Luton boss Rob Edwards and Parker for the title of most-handsome Championship chief[/caption]

GettyParker saw his new team Burnley impress at the Hatters[/caption]

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One observer wrote: “Is Scott Parker actively trying to look like Tom Cruise?”

Others appeared to reckon the former Fulham boss now had uncanny similarities with Brentford‘s 50-year-old Danish manager.

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One claimed: “Looks like Thomas Frank has been Benjamin Buttoned.”

That’s a reference to the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where Brad Pitt plays a man who ages in reverse.

Another fan appeared even more shocked: “When the f*** did Scott Parker turn into Thomas Frank???”

A third reckoned the ex-West Ham star is “now pitching himself as a combination of Thomas Frank and the lad from Topjaw”.

However. it was the nods to fashion in the Italian top-flight that struck a chord with viewers even better than clinical Bunrley struck the back of the net at their probable promotion rivals.

One viewer said: “Scott Parker here simultaneously looking like every manager of Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Parma there has ever been.”

Another had a different geographical slant on the pressing matter.

He reckoned: “Scott Parker is the most ‘from the south’ looking person I’ve ever seen.”

However, after one game, only one team is north of Bunrley in the Championship table.

Sheffield Wednesday sit top after beating Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth by the slightly better margin of 4-0.

GettyEx-Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham midfielder Parker enjoyed his night[/caption]

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