The Italian told Italian news agency ANSA in 2005 I am a fascist, not a racist, and his appointment on Sunday to succeed Martin O'Neill prompted former foreign secretary David Milliband to stand down as Sunderland's vice-chairman and non-executive director.But former Swindon chairman Jeremy Wray, who gave Di Canio his first chance in management, dismissed that stance as a sad knee-jerk reaction. And Di Canio said: "What I can say is that if someone is hurt, I am sorry. But this didn't come from me - it came from a big story that people put out in a different way to what it was.But in a statement released on Monday by the club, Di Canio said: I don't have a problem with anyone. I don't know why I have to keep repeating my story, to be defending myself on something that doesn't belong to me every time I change clubs.I don't want to talk about politics because it's not my area. We are not in the Houses of Parliament, we are in a football club. I want to talk about sport. I want to talk about football, my players, the board and the fans. I don't want to talk any more about politics - I am not a politics person. Talk about racism? That is absolutely stupid, stupid and ridiculous.
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