Redknapp, who managed the former Swindon boss at West Ham, has queried why it has only become an issue now.In 2005, while he was a player at Lazio, Di Canio was fined £7,000 and suspended for one game by the Italian authorities after making a fascist salute for the third time that year.Chelsea at Stamford Bridge - what can you say? I can't wait for it and I expect the same desire and determination from my players to make sure they do a good job. It's amazing how suddenly he's a fascist now he's at Sunderland and he wasn't at Swindon," Redknapp said.Di Canio had initially refused to answer questions about his political beliefs when he faced the media on Tuesday, describing the controversy surrounding his appointment as "ridiculous and pathetic".No-one mentioned anything about him when he was at Swindon - suddenly he goes to Sunderland and all the dirt in the world gets dug up on him.I'd love him to do great at Sunderland, I really would. He was a great player for me, a good lad, a great trainer, the fittest guy you would ever wish to see," he said. Former foreign secretary David Miliband resigned from the Premier League club's board a day after Di Canio was unveiled as Martin O'Neill's successor at the Stadium of Light, because of the Italian's past political statements.
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