West Ham boss Zola 'surprised' by Dorrans bid

[khay 10]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...utd/8654738.stm

 

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has revealed he was not told the club had made a bid for West Bromwich Albion midfielder Graham Dorrans.

 

The Hammers had a £4m offer for Dorrans rejected on Tuesday and co-owner David Gold said they may try a second bid.

 

But Zola, whose future at Upton Park appears uncertain, admitted: "Dorrans is a good player but I didn't know the club was interested in him.

 

"I just found out in the newspaper and it was quite a surprise."

 

However, Gold insisted Zola was involved in the decision to make a move for the Scotland midfielder.

 

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"Everyone was involved in the decision making. Nobody is precluded from it," said the 73-year-old.

 

"A second bid is possible. He is one of the players we are looking at.

 

"We'll have to wait and see what happens on that. The player is a favourite of mine.

 

"He is a young British player who we like but having said that, sometimes deals don't work out and you have to move on."

 

West Ham are planning a summer of rebuilding with Gold promising to "push the boat out" on "quality" players.

 

Co-owner David Sullivan said on Tuesday that West Ham would consider offers for all their players apart from captain Scott Parker - something Zola also claimed he was not made aware of.

 

"If I was Mark Noble or Rob Green or Valon Behrami I wouldn't be very pleased to listen to that," said the Italian.

 

"I didn't know that it was something like this but it's ok. We have been through so many things we are going to get through this as well."

 

Gold said on Thursday Sullivan's comments had been misinterpreted and assured worried fans he wanted the Hammers' best players to stay at the club.

 

After struggling to avoid relegation this season Zola's position at West Ham has been questioned.

 

The Hammers effectively secured their Premier League safety on Saturday with a 3-2 victory over Wigan but several managers, including Martin Jol, Steve McClaren and Mark Hughes, have been linked with Zola's job.

 

Zola gone in the summer like.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

Zola gone in the summer like.

Undoubtedly. Probably too nice to be a manager, but certainly not deserving of the sort of treatment he's getting from Gold and Sullivan at the moment.

[khay 10]

Its a disgrace. I'm sure half the players would not mind a move away also.

[acrossthepond 893]

Gold and Sullivan are like Morecambe and Wise. Dennis Wise, actually.

[tinofbeans 91]

not even that good. have you seen next seasons west ham kit. its fucking awful ( a bit like the team!). feel sorry for zola, slightly out of his depth. doesn't help when you have to put up with 2 fat pornographers telling you what to do.

[Billy Castell 0]

The porno boys are terrible to work for. They are only interested in self-promotion and shooting off their mouth all the time. Thjey interfere all the time and would be awful to work for. They talk of getting the likes of Mark Hughes in, but only an idiot would work under the dildo brothers.