Paolo Di Canio fuming as Sunderland's behind-closed-doors friendly defeat to reserve side is leaked
Paolo Di Canio fuming as Sunderland's behind-closed-doors friendly defeat to reserve side is leaked
The Italian has only got a point from three games and now his first team lost to the Under-21s
Raging: Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio
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Paolo di Canio is fuming with his Sunderland players – after they lost a closed-door game against the ‘kids’.
The fiery Italian planned the private practice match to give his
senior stars 90 minutes under their belts during the international
break.
Manager Di Canio had worked hard with the team after slamming them
for losing at Crystal Palace, but the latest exercise backfired.
Sunderland’s
‘big team’ were well and truly beaten 3-1 by the Under-21 side that
plays in the Premier League’s Professional Development League.
Di
Canio was so incensed by the performance that he went over the game in
detail afterwards – and also told all the players not to mention the
match had even happened. Cashback: Bardsley could join Ipswich on a short-term deal
The manager has also been left with a decision to make on right-back
Phil Bardsley, who is wanted on loan by Championship side Ipswich Town.
Bardsley, 28, who has no part to play in Di Canio’s plans, will make a
loan switch next month when he has recovered from a broken foot that
he
suffered playing for Sunderland’s Under-21 side.
Bardsley has been out of favour with Di Canio since the build-up to the final game of last season at Tottenham.
He was told by the Italian that he would not play for the club again after he was pictured lying on a pile of £50 notes at a casino two days before the game at White Hart Lane.
Last
week, he was allowed to return to the club and his suspension was lifted after issuing a public apology for joking about the Black Cats’ defeat
at Fulham on the opening day of the season.
After
Sunderland had lost 1-0 to the Cottagers, the Scotland international
posted the comment: “Great opening day. Hahahhahaha hahahhaha!!!” on
social media site Instagram.
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