Sam Dalla Bona keen on West Ham switch - Exclusive

Former Chelsea midfielder Sam Dalla Bona is desperate to link up again with Gianfranco Zola at West Ham.

Dalla Bona, 28, will be allowed to leave Napoli in January and is targeting a cut-price return to the Premier League and is still a big admirer of former Chelsea team-mate Zola.

Hammers boss Zola is bracing himself for a fire sale at Upton Park, leaving him looking at cut-price replacements.

Dalla Bona said: "I would love to come back to the Premier League - that can motivate any player.

"Chelsea is still in my heart and I am following my former team-mates Frank Lampard and John Terry.

"But in that squad there was also Gianfranco Zola and I would like to work again with him at West Ham. He is a great man."