BOSS ZOLA PUTS IN A GUD WORD; Football Spy: THE ORIGINAL GOSSIP COLUMN.. LATEST NEWS... THE BIGGEST MOVES... EVERY SINGLE DAY.Byline: DARREN LEWIS
GIANFRANCO ZOLA Gianfranco Zola OBE (born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia) is a retired Italian footballer. He spent the first decade of his career in Italy, most notably with Napoli and Parma, before moving to English side Chelsea, where he was voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997. admits he is trying to persuade Eidur Gudjohnsen to join West Ham Coordinates: West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located 6.1 miles (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross. From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham. . The Hammers boss revealed talks have hit a stumbling block as the striker thinks long and hard about whether to leave European champions Barcelona - despite being only a fringe player there. Gudjohnsen, 30, (right) starred at Bolton and Chelsea before moving to Spain. His capture would be a major coup for Zola who played with him at Stamford Bridge. But the Italian said: "He's playing for Barcelona, he's playing in the Champions League - although he is not playing regularly, he is there. "The alternative is to come and play for West Ham - which is obviously a smaller club. I can understand his concern. He is human. "We are a good club with a good future but maybe he doesn't see that. We will see what happens" Zola is also trying to secure a loan deal for Bayern Munich's Italian striker Luca Toni, 32. |
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