It was just one more piece of magic from the incomparable Gianfranco Zola, Chelsea’s smiling icon of the 90s.

There’ll be fearsome arguments about who is British football’s finest import. Some will argue for Cantona or Schmeichel at Manchester United, Henry or Bergkamp at Arsenal, while others will tout for their particular favourites. Chelsea fans would perhaps posit Drogba. What may be less contentious, though, is the most likeable of imports to the British game – or perhaps the least disliked.

Is there much argument that such an accolade should fall to Gianfranco Zola?

Stardom came late to Gianfranco Zola. At 23 years of age, he was still playing third-tier football in his native Sardinia when Napoli signed him

Hardly anyone expected anything different from Zola. He would arrive there and see them to promotion in his first term – of course he would.

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Source: https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/09/11/names-of-the-nineties-gianfranco-zola/