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Zola poised for Hammers

September 9, 2008

It is believed that West Ham are have decided that they want Gianfranco Zola as their new manager. This has come after a board meeting yesterday where the directors were unanimous in their decision of opting for the mercurial Italian.

Former manager Alan Curbishley walked out on the club just over a week ago amid complaints that players were being sold without his knowledge, including the sale of defender Anton Ferdinand.

Zola was in a shortlist drawn up by West Ham, that included Roberto Donadoni and John Collins.

A spokesman for West Ham stated:

We are now negotiating with Gianfranco, although a final decision will be subject to board approval.

We were very comfortable with the three options we had - Zola, Donadoni and Collins - but Gianfranco was the first choice.

The board gave Scott Duxbury authorisation to approach him and will meet Gianfranco before any contract is signed.

Zola seems very keen to move to West Ham, and is currently the assistant manager of Italy’s under 21 side.

West Ham are also very keen on Zola, believing he is the right man for the job.

It’s true that he has no experience of managing a club side, but he knows the Premier League very well

His English is very good and he can talk about football with English players and inspire them.

He has a record of developing young footballers, which is very important to us, and was obviously a world-class player.

We expect an announcement of Zola’s appointment as West Ham manager very soon.

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