Source: SKY_Sports
Minto in Zola warning
Former Chelsea defender Scott Minto believes Gianfranco Zola is not ready to become the club's next manager.[LNB] Following Luiz Felipe Scolari's sacking, Blues fans have already pushed Zola and former boss Jose Mourinho to the top of their 'most wanted' list.[LNB]But Minto insists the time is not right for Zola who has only been in the West Ham hot seat for six months and reckons Russia boss Gus Hiddink is favourite.[LNB]"I don't think Gianfranco is quite ready for it. He has got a job so maybe at sometime in the future," Minto said.[LNB]"I personally really like Gus Hiddink. You just wonder whether Roman Abramovich would want to take him from the Russia job."[LNB]Steve Clarke, who left Chelsea to be Zola's assistant at Upton Park, would relish the chance to become number one at Stamford Bridge but Minto feels that would be a tough baptism for the Scot.[LNB]"That would be a big move," said Minto. "I think Clarkey is a fantastic number two and I think you can see what him and Franco are doing at West Ham. [LNB]"Clarkey is playing a massive part in that but to ask him to be number one at Chelsea in his first job as a number one, I can't see it happening.[LNB]"He wants to be a number one and what better job would there be for him than to be a Chelsea manager. I just think that it is a little bit too early in the same way it is for Zola.[LNB]Desire"The club want to get someone in asap and there has been talk of Avram Grant.[LNB]"It will be interesting to see if Chelsea want to get someone from now until the end of the season and then review it or throw the cash, even if someone is in a job, to get the right person. For me, if that was the case, it would be Hiddink."[LNB]Former boss Jose Mourinho is also included in the feverish speculation about Scolari's successor and the 'Special One' has made no secret of his desire to return to the Premier League.[LNB]Now at Inter Milan, Mourinho has been linked with Manchester City but an emotional return to Chelsea would be hard to resist .[LNB]However, Minto added: "I am sure the fans would love it. But you wonder if the relationship is broken between him and the owner.[LNB]"He's a fantastic manager but they also say 'don't go back'. He is doing very well at Inter and has a big game in the Champions League against Manchester United.[LNB]"But you hear that he doesn't like the off the field stuff in Italy and his relationship with the media is not the same as the one he had in England. There is no doubt that he wants to be a Premier League manager again but will it be Chelsea? I think that is down to the owner," Minto told Chelsea TV.[LNB]
