So, something that happened nearly 8 years ago is brought out to try to say that he is some kind of "far-right neo-Nazi"?
This is the guy who once said ...
"When I scored that goal to knock out Manchester United, it was a very exciting moment. “It was like having sex with Madonna."Who has also claimed that he wants to "finish each game sweating and bleeding" and, to continue his sex metaphors.
"I'm so exciting - every time I play, the fans want to have sex with me."His former Manager describes him as "mad" and "barmy".
His view of English footballers is from some 1970s stereotype comedy film ...
"Doping in English football," he writes in Il Ritorno, "is restricted to lager and baked beans with sausages. After which the players take to the field, belching and farting."
... and, of course, he is utterly crazy when it comes to betting, if this is to believed.
"You always call me the 'Mad Italian', so I will bet all of what I've got [on Sunderland avoiding relegation], for sure, because I am sure that I am capable,"
Hey! Hold your horses, Mackems, I meant the odds aren't worth the punt at a best of 1/2. It wasn't a slur on the chances of SAFC. {cough} Honest!
Only the dullest minds in the corridors of Westminster, Whitehall, Wapping and Salford could possibly treat what this man says seriously, let alone try to make it into a political, ahem, football. We're not talking some charismatic political philosopher on the verge of turning the whole of Sunderland into a bubbling mass of black-shirted rallies, it's just Paolo Di-fucking-Canio and his renowned fault of engaging mouth before brain.
What an utter waste of the column inches and airwaves today.
But then, I suppose wonks, broadcasters and politicos are all a bit bored and desperate for attention now Brussels runs just about anything of importance.
