Paolo Di Canio is expected back in England on Sunday to get a full
week of training next week following another spell at a specialist
rehabilitation clinic in Bologna.
As that was the scheduled return time, his impending return at the weekend is hardly the 'set-back' that some media have described.
Paolo, of course, spent a long winter at the centre recovering from a knee operation, as the following photos show:
More hard work with Paolo - under the watchful eye of an
expert.
MD Paul Aldridge visits to Paolo at the clinic to check
progress.
Paolo after a run in the snow.
Club doctor Ges Steinbergs talks to Paolo.
Paolo doing one of many specially prescribed exercises - with gritted teeth!