Paolo Di Canio | "I turned down Sir Alex because I'm West Ham through and through"

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4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode we are joined by a Premier League icon, who was known for his beautiful goals, controversy, fall outs and a fiery Italian passion.

Paolo Di Canio started his career at his boyhood team Lazio before plying his trade at a selection of Italian football’s biggest clubs. He went on to achieve legendary status at West Ham United after cementing himself as one of the game’s most volatile yet entertaining talents during his spells at Celtic & Sheffield Wednesday.

His management career was more of the same and during this in-depth interview, Paolo and Simon discuss the controversial and sublime moments that punctuated the Italian's career.

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0:00.0	Nobody can say to me, you have been unprofessional.
0:03.6	Nobody, even Capello, Lippi, everybody talking about me are too much tough.
0:08.9	Come on. I've got to stop you there.
0:10.6	Instantively, I try to grab his neck and try to kick his leg, you know,
0:14.9	extinctively.
0:15.6	You took his bloody eye out.
0:16.7	No, see me, Upton Park, play with them, band.
0:22.3	I go some, you know, I don't want to say a cry, but I got closer.
0:28.3	I emotion, I'm incredible what I'm feeling.
0:31.3	You called the players cowards.
0:33.2	Yeah, this is the...
0:34.4	And you said the football club is weak.
0:37.2	Yeah.
0:37.5	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.
0:39.2	I believe there are a lot of vacuous, unformed, unchallenged opinions out there.
0:42.8	I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.
0:45.6	So with this podcast with William Hill,
0:47.3	I'm going to get people with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny.
0:51.6	There's a good chance I might learn something along the way, and more importantly,
0:55.2	so might you.
0:59.1	Joining me in today's episode, a Premier League icon to some, a polarising individual to others,
1:05.3	from Italy's hotbed of football to the old firm. He went on to achieve hero-like status in his
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