Di Canio appointed as Sunderland manager

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Paolo Di Canio last night became Sunderland's left-field, kill-or-cure choice to stave off the threat of relegation from the Premier League.

 

The volatile former Lazio, Juventus, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham striker, and most recently the Swindon Town manager, was appointed head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal after breakneck talks in the north-east.

 

The move immediately proved controversial, David Miliband, the former Labour mp, stepping down as a non executive in protest at Di Canio's political past in which he has admitted to being a fascist but not a racist.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/31/paolo-di-canio-sunderland-talks-manager

[Gribz 743]

This should be interesting. He will certainly put a spark into them but its a poor squad.

 

Lambert and / or Di Canio to go down....O Neill gone, the ex Celts struggling a wee bit.

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Yeah, my way of looking at it too

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What has Di Canio done to deserve a job in top league in English Football? Sunderland may well get relgated on the back of this decision.......