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Paolo proves that he's still bloody crazy after mad career

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PAOLO DI CANIO was in the news again this week - for smashing his head open on a desk while working for Italian TV.

In the bizarre scene, the former West Ham maverick is handed a tissue to wipe away the blood by former England boss Fabio Capello.

If it had been 99 per cent of former Premier League stars, you would have been worried for their mental health.

But Di Canio, one of the most colourful characters to have graced English football, falls into a small group of players for whom such madness seems an everyday occurrence. Mario Balotelli, we're looking at you.

His career was very much the good, the bad and the ugly. Fans of Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham and Charlton fell in love with the man from Rome, but knew something controversial was never far away.

So let's deal with the good first.