Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio: I had to sell Stephane Sessegnon to West Bromwich Albion "But to be honest, once we spoke and I said 'I want to keep you" then I had a player whose performances were not good in front of everybody." Di Canio had already been unimpressed by Sessègnon's demeanour in training or his efforts against Fulham and Southampton when he was arrested and charged by police after a night out in Newcastle. That lack of respect for his team-mates, along with the rules he had made which prevented players from going out on a match day, even if they were not involved in the squad, finished things for Di Canio. "He had a very good pre-season and in the first two games you can play badly, but the body language was not of a player who wants to give his best and then we had a crucial match," he said. It was the cup, in the moment of the season when we hadn't won a game yet and everybody was at the stadium. After quarter of an hour, at the same time that we conceded a goal, my player was out somewhere and was found. It means you don't care. It means you don't care about the club so your time is gone. It was the opportunity to say for everybody, and especially for him, OK, time to go. It was good for us because we had the chance to bring in two players and it was easier to bring them in. For this reason he left, not because he is a bad guy because he tried to give his best, but in my opinion, his time was finished at Sunderland because he was not capable anymore to give his best.