Gianfranco Zola refused to talk about his future and the potential
of his entire team being up for sale following West Ham's defeat at
Fulham.
Zola insisted that he was not going to be drawn into his
future and would instead focus on the Hammers' final game of the
season.
With owner David Gold last week announcing that the entire
West Ham squad would be available at the right price apart from
midfielder Scott Parker, Zola's future has also come into question
over the past seven days after the team confirmed their status in
the Premier League.
"We get on with it, I don't even want to talk about that too
much," said Zola when asked of his, and his players' futures.
"A lot has been said and we are professional and we do our
best for this club.
"Right now I'm only willing to speak about the game, the rest
doesn't matter. It's important that we focus on the last game."
The Hammers have now not won away from home since the opening
day in August against Wolves at Molineux, and were always
struggling to find answers against a Fulham side buoyant after
their recent exploits in the Europa League.
Zola however insisted that he was pleased with his team's
first half performance, but a poor spell in the second half was
ultimately what cost them the game after Carlton Cole's own goal
put his team two goals down following Clint Dempsey's opener on the
stroke of half time.
"I think in the first half we probably were the better team,"
Zola added.
"We had control of the game and made a couple of chances.
"After that we had an opportunity when Carlton Cole went
through and he was given offside when he wasn't, but they came back
and scored.
"We did well in the first half but the first 15 minutes of
the second half we were not good enough.
"They got the second goal and after that we started to play
better and got one back."
It has been a testing season for the Italian manager and his
team, with the former Chelsea ace thankful the campaign is drawing
to a close, despite him wanting more effort from his players as
they take on Manchester City at Upton Park on Sunday.
"It's been a long and exhausting season for us," he said.
"Today we tried to give our best and obviously it is just one
of those games where you would like to give more."
