"I just give 100 per cent and I want to win every time I play," said West Ham's new signing Paolo Di Canio last week. "Even when I am playing with my daughter at home, I want to win," he insisted. Very impressive too, but blimey Paolo: your daughter, Lucrezia, is . . . five months old.
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"I just give 100 per cent and I want to win every time I play," said West Ham's new signing Paolo Di Canio last week
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