Video: West Ham legend Di Canio in pain after table headbutt during Italy rant on live TV

Former Italian striker Paolo Di Canio was meant to jokingly headbutt a table on live TV while talking about the crisis of Italian football last night, but actually hurt himself, needing intervention from Fabio Capello.

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Former West Ham star Di Canio has made headlines in Italy after hurting himself on live TV on Wednesday night while commenting on the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern Munich-Real Madrid and Arsenal-Sporting CP.

The host, Federica Masolin, asked Di Canio when Italian football would reach the Premier League’s level, and Di Canio sarcastically replied: “I’ve been good so far, and now you want to provoke me. You want to make me sad!”

At that point, the ex-striker repeatedly headbutted the table in front of him, but he did it too vigorously, so Capello, a fellow Sky Sports pundit, had to stand up and check on him.

“What did you do?” asked the former coach.

Di Canio had already put a tissue on his head and said, “You provoked me, I’m going to smash my head.”

Video: Di Canio’s headbutt on live TV

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— (@DarmumasTv) April 15, 2026