Is the between technical director Gianluca Nani and Zola wearing thin?
Zola has gone to great lengths since he took over at West Ham just over a year ago, to inform the fans about “the project” and his special relationship with chief executive Scott Duxbury and Nani. They say that three’s a crowd but Zola remains adamant that, despite the poor run of early results, this is one liaison that is as strong as ever. He was, for example, furious at weekend suggestions that he has seriously fallen out with Nani, previously at Italian club Brescia, over transfer policy. There were sugggestions today that Zola was locked in crisis talks with Nani and Duxbury after Saturday’s draw with Fulham. Nani has strong contacts in his native Italy and South America. The 6m close season signing of Diamanti from Livorno and Chilean Luis Jimenez on loan from Inter Milan, emphasised that connection but there has been criticism of Nani following the ill-starred and big-money acqusition of Savio from Brescia last season. Savio, to be frank, looked well short of the required standa
