Despite being a bit controversial and bad-tempered, Paolo Di Canio is a true West Ham United legend. He scored many jaw-dropping goals during his four-year-long stint at Upton Park. The number is 47, to be precise, and until last night he was the record-holder in the Hammers history.But on Monday night, thanks to that marvellous brace he scored against Leicester City, Michail Antonio broke Di Canio’s record with 49 goals.Antonio’s dancing with a cardboard cut-out of himself brought smiles to many – but not to his bossThe 31-year-old forward has just made history, and that’s the reason why Di Canio himself used the opportunity to congratulate him on this amazing achievement. “I’m really happy for him because he’s a fantastic lad, a great professional and a really, really important player,” Di Canio said.”Michail Antonio, congratulations. You deserved it, I’m happy, and I’m hoping you can score many, many more because you are really good.Paolo Di Canio (©Screnshoot)”You have an extraordinary, atypical physique. When a striker is built like that, we always say that he can be the team’s whole forward line. I’m not saying he’s the best player in the world, but no one else does it like him.”He’s not the static type of player that waits for the ball to come to him or comes towards it to hold up the play. He’s the type of player who makes sacrifices and opens up the play across the whole width and depth of the pitch, putting pressure on the defenders with those runs in behind and then running after them.”He really is a truck! Very tough to shift and to move,” concluded Di Canio.
