Jol backs Zamora for Euro 2012

17 November 2011 16:58
Fulham boss Martin Jol has backed Bobby Zamora to make England's European Championship squad, claiming he provides Fabio Capello with the guile other strikers are missing.

Zamora missed two good chances to mark his full international debut with a goal in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Sweden and afterwards branded his own performance as "not the greatest". But with Wayne Rooney suspended for the group stages of the tournament, there is a place in attack up for grabs and Jol says 30-year-old Zamora can feel the breach. "He was very quick to call himself but players know when they haven't played well," said Jol. "When a striker scores he has done well. It's about performances so if he gets another chance or a couple of chances, he will take it because he is different. "They are all different. Darren Bent is different, Jermain Defoe is different, Wayne Rooney certainly is different. And I don't feel they have a lot of players who are a real number nine who can hold up the ball. "It's up to the manager - if he wants to play with a goalscorer, then Bent is probably the best goalscorer in England, he's certainly different to Bobby. But if you play Bobby with offensive midfield players he can be very useful."

Source: FOOTYMAD