"We made a mistake. We apologize to all those whose sensibilities we have offended. After having talked for a long time with Di Canio, despite his professionalism and football competence, we have decided together to suspend his collaboration ”. This was stated by Jacques Raynaud, executive vice president of Sky Sport & Sky Media, speaking, during the presentation of the 2016-2017 schedules, of the controversy over a photo on social networks of the former footballer with the "DUX" tattoo visible on his arm .
Introducing the news related to football on Sky, Raynaud wanted to "make an aside" on the story of the former Lazio footballer, the protagonist of a promo on social media of the in-depth analysis on the Premier League which he had been conducting since last Sunday.
“We learned about some emotions on social media for a shot of one of our talents, Paolo Di Canio, with his arms uncovered and a certain tattoo,” explained Raynaud, before announcing the end of the collaboration.
