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Ex-Black Cats chairman Niall Quinn has stated that Sunderland have taken a big risk by sacking manager Paolo Di Canio, Sky Sports reports.
The 45-year-old was shown the door on Sunday after just six months at the helm of the club. The sacking comes after Sunderland’s deteriorating performance in the Premier League, the most recent being the 3-0 trashing at the hands of West Bromwich Albion.
Quinn labels the decision as a “brave” one and has confessed that the flamboyant Italian’s strict management style may have been a major cause for his job to be taken away from him.
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“It’s a quick decision – some will say too quick,” Quinn told Sky Sports News.
“They’re making a quick decision on this again and looking back, the support Paolo Di Canio got in the summer with the players he brought in, I honestly thought he was going to get longer, no matter the start.
“If we start to peel the layers off in the coming days and find out what life was like under him from various players, you’ll probably see a story that says this was a guy who did things in a totally unique way and by the looks of things, the players weren’t buying into it.
“They’ve made a very brave decision to appoint him, they got what they wanted out of him, and now they’ve made a brave decision (for him) to go.
“It wouldn’t have been my style. I think I would probably have tried to give people as much time as possible.
“Something tells me there’s a little more to it as well.
“It was perhaps they felt that the players were finding it hard to conform to his unique style. I think that might have played a part in it as well.
“They’ve made such a brave decision now. Will it pay off for them?”
Di Canio had blasted his players after the 3-0 loss to West Brom and went on to say that they have “rubbish in their brains”. Di Canio had been a part of teams like Juventus, AC Milan and West Ham United during his career as a footballer.
