Paolo Di Canio leaves post at Swindon

Published on 19/02/2013 00:54

Paolo Di Canio last night resigned as manager of npower League One side Swindon.

In a statement, the fiery Italian cited “a number of broken promises” and claimed his position had “become untenable” with continuing uncertainty over the club’s ownership. In the statement, Di Canio said: “Last Tuesday, 12 February, I formally confirmed my resignation as manager of Swindon Town Football Club with immediate effect.

“There have been a number of broken promises made by the club over the time that I have been manager of Swindon Town.

“I did not resign immediately, nor publicise my resignation after I had formally confirmed it as I did not want to jeopardise the negotiations for the sale of the club and I wanted to listen to what the proposed new owners’ plans were.

“I entered into a temporary arrangement with the proposed new owners to continue in my role as manager but this was agreed subject to Football League approval for the purchase of the club being granted by 5pm on Monday 18 February. At the time of issuing this statement, I have had no further contact from the proposed new owners and unfortunately Football League approval has not been granted yet and therefore my temporary arrangement has ended and my resignation stands.”