Di Canio lashes out at Sunderland squad

The Italian let loose his true feelings after the final game of the season against Tottenham yesterday, revealing his anger at the behaviour of his squad.

“At the beginning, I thought it was difficult,” Di Canio said. “Week by week … daily … I discover that we have more problems than I expected.

“That’s why I said to everybody we made a miracle [to avoid relegation] because what we discovered this week is only one aspect of the problems we’ve got. It doesn’t mean that everybody goes out every night and has a drink session. No. I’m talking in general about professionalism.”