The Warm Welcome of Paolo Di Canio
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- Created: Wednesday, 03 April 2013 20:16
- Written by James Palmer
We seemed to be on the verge of a fairly quiet week as far as football news went. Then Sunderland appoint Paolo Di Canio as their new manager after the sacking of Martin O’Neill and the press remained quiet no more. The furore around Di Canio’s potentially fascist leanings and the mixture of politics and football have contributed to journalists all over the country licking their lips, it seems that a major story has broken.
I know, never say never. It’s not over until it’s over etc, etc. But, just between me and you, I think Manchester United have won the Premier League this season. It’s not been confirmed yet, fair enough. Mathematically Manchester City (and a few others for that matter) can still end the season as Champions, but United’s 15 point lead with 11 games to go does seem unassailable. So, season over, right? Wrong. 
It would appear that reports of Barcelona’s demise were greatly exaggerated. Many had lined up in recent weeks to suggest that the Catalan stars were on the wane, their superiority been called into question by a poor run of results, and apparent loss of form of their talisman player, Lionel Messi.