Jol determined to sign striker

Fulham manager Martin Jol has no intention of ending his search for a striker after failing in his bid to land Birmingham's Cameron Jerome. Bobby Zamora broke his hand a week ago and, although the 29-year-old is fit to play, the incident was a wake-up call for Jol, who knows how badly Fulham struggled in the striker's absence with a broken leg last season.Jol is not short of frontmen, but he has only one target man."If there is a problem with Bobby, I have to create another formation," he said, revealing his failure to land Jerome had not spelt the end of his search."Of course, there are always players."Even abroad, there are one or two players we had a look at. We made a bid as well."If they accept it then we've got a new player."But if they don't, we go on like it is."Jol admitted Zamora's injury record was a concern but denied his game time would need to be managed in the same way as Tottenham defender Ledley King"Bobby's probably injured occasionally," said Jol."Ledley King was different. Ledley King was out for seven months when I was there in the second year."That was a structural problem."With Bobby, it's not a big problem."Zamora is a former White Hart Lane team-mate of King and has been linked with a return there in a swap deal with Peter Crouch, speculation Jol dismissed.He said: "I would be silly to look for somebody else for him as a back-up player and then sell him."Zamora suffered his latest injury in last Thursday's Europa League third qualifying round first leg at RNK Split after someone stood on his hand.He will wear a cast in Thursady night's second leg at Craven Cottage, which will be Jol's first real test since taking charge, with the tie currently goalless."I think it's good for the team to play at a different level, a competitive level," Jol said."I still think 0-0 is good in an away match, but now we have to finish it."

Source: Team_Talk