Source: Daily_Mail
Zola is '100 per cent safe': Sullivan vows not to sack West Ham boss
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has assured uncertain manager Gianfranco Zola that is job is '100 per cent' secure at Upton Park ahead of the Hammers crucial home Barclays Premier League clash with Birmingham.[LNB]The Italian boss yesterday slammed Sullivan for undermining his relegation-threatened team in the build-up to tonight's key game after the new co-owner revealed in a newspaper interview that the manager and the players must soon take a pay cut.[LNB]But Sullivan stressed that the former Chelsea idol, in his firstmanagerial job since replacing Alan Curbishley at the helm in September2008, has nothing to fear.[LNB] No pressure: New West Ham co-owner David Sullivan insists Zola's job is safe[LNB]'Gianfranco is entitled to his opinion and I respect that. I hopethat it will galvanise the team and the manager for what is a big gametonight against Birmingham,' Sullivan told Sky Sports News.[LNB]'If we win then he will have made his point but if we lose I will have made mine.[LNB] MARTIN SAMUEL: Gianfranco Zola is like Ossie Ardiles... nice bloke, but as useful as Bungle in a fight to the deathGianfranco Zola hits back at West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold over wage cut revelationsThanks for saving me a team-talk! Alex McLeish responds to former ownersWEST HAM UNITED FC
